Broken beads? How do you deal?
De - many thanks for this tutorial. I was recently asked to make three sets of memorial beads for a friend and this helped immensely.
I did come across one problem and this is how I solved it. I had problems with two of the beads - one cracked (thermal) and one got stuck on the mandral so badly that it broke during my attempts to get it off. I could not simply throw the broken beads in the garbage, so I reheated all the bits and pieces in the kiln and dunked them in cold water for instant frit. I drained the frit through a coffee filter, let it dry and put it in a pretty little bag to return to my friend along with the completed beads.
I'd appreciate any other suggestions that anyone may have to deal with this problem.
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