Black pupil of the Evil/Turkish eye.

[The_Thorne]

Good afternoon all you fabulous glass workers,

I have recently upgraded to a mega minor that I'm running with propane/oxygen on a concentrator.

My go to "warm up my hands" bead is to do a couple of evil eye beads.

Since I've started using my new torch, I've noticed a problem with the black (pupil) layer of my bead.

If I use Intense black it bleeds into the white (this might happen on my hot head too, but I never tried it).

I switched back to using Effetre Black (just the regular black) to do the pupils but the result is that it's going brown.

I think it might be a heat control issue, but I'm not sure. Has anyone else come across this when working with Effetre Black on a minor burner?

[2xMI]

I don't think it's a heat control issue; Effetre black is really a transparent color. I use Reichenbach dense black (104) to avoid this problem, and it's worked well for me. Have you tried any other of the 104 blacks like Tuxedo or Hades?

[jaci]

Try a dab of clear between your layers. This should hold the I-black, also try not to over cook it. It will bleed and web.

[taino]

Forget the black. Use Effetre Dark Matter. Works great.

[jaci]

Speaking of forgetting the black, you can also use DSP. I use it for stringer work and twisties as well. I can see how dark matter would be an equivalent. Great tip I had even forgotten myself Taino.

[The_Thorne]

I've tried Tuxedo with a similar problem, I haven't tried Hades.

I think a lot of the problem is over cooking so I'll try being a little daintier with my flame.

[Polgarra]

Less heat will definitely help the situation.

[steiconi]

another trick is to encase a dark opaque rod, like dk blue, with black; stays black and opaque even when pulled thin over white.