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2012-02-26, 10:09am
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BeadsonCypress
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Red & Raku question
Whenever I try to use raku on red, the red darkens dramatically. I am assuming that this is normal, but I have been able to keep the red bright on occasion. Can you all give me some hints on how to keep the red bright?
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2012-02-26, 10:32am
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I don't know, only used rake frit a few times so far, but I'm curious.
Is it possible that you had encased the red before adding the raku on the ones that stayed bright?
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2012-02-26, 10:35am
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Raku turns red brown due to the reaction of the two. Since raku spreads a lot, the more you melt it in, the more reaction you will get. If you use raku as a raised decorated or just barely melted in, the red should stay bright.
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2012-02-26, 12:16pm
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BeadsonCypress
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not encased. A couple of years ago I had a bright red that the raku did NOT do this to, if I just could figure out which one is was!!
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2012-02-26, 1:00pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by beadsoncypress
not encased. A couple of years ago I had a bright red that the raku did NOT do this to, if I just could figure out which one is was!!
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Could it have been a Lauscha red?
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2012-02-26, 2:04pm
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BeadsonCypress
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not lausch for sure...never have used any...
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2012-02-26, 5:24pm
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This is Raku frit on Eff Dark Red. This is the only time I've used it on red, and it didn't appear to affect the red at all. Then again, on a HH, I wasn't about to scorch the beads beyond recognition, either 
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2012-02-26, 5:36pm
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Naysayer
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That's what I also used, and purple red, but I was on a HH at the time also. Haven't tried red and raku on my new torch sorry.
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2012-02-26, 5:52pm
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BeadsonCypress
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I know I have that red in my glass stock. maybe I will just use a tiny bit and keep it cool.
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2012-02-26, 8:49pm
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I have had luck using carrot red (which is really orange), and when it darkens after melting in the frit, it is a nice medium red color. It always seems like a bit of a problem combination anyway though, since to keep the red color I can't do much reheating or overheating, and without doing those things, I don't get much of a color pop with the raku.
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2012-02-26, 9:20pm
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I have the same problem, of course I have a GTT Sidewinder and used to working in boro. Cook that bead !!!!!!! That's me.
Maybe I will try encasing first.
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2012-02-27, 10:15am
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Try using terra Frit instead on red.
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