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2010-10-04, 8:44am
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Help with Effetre Red Transparent Glass
Hi There!
I purchased a pound of striking red transparent Effetre glass and cannot seem to get it to turn red for anything on my hot head torch. I had Vetrofond striking red before and it seemed to just turn red when I heated it.
Any tips on getting this glass to turn red would be much appreciated!
Thanks!
Sarah
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2010-10-04, 8:52am
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Shape your bead and let it get cool.
Waft it in the very tip of your flame for a while and it *should* turn red.
I'm not on a hot head but it took me a while to get to that point with the minor.
Good luck with it Sarah.
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2010-10-04, 10:18am
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What Anna said! I'm on a minor and it still takes a while, sometimes you look at it and think come on strike already
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2010-10-04, 6:12pm
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Thanks so much Anna and David! I'm glad to hear that there is hope for this glass and that I just didn't get a bad batch.
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2010-10-04, 7:21pm
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honorary bead lady
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Try this...
Don't make anything just melt the end of the rod into a ball, let it cool and then try to strike it
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2010-10-04, 9:54pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by houptdavid
Try this...
Don't make anything just melt the end of the rod into a ball, let it cool and then try to strike it
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i always strike one end anyway so i know what colour it is
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