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2011-04-18, 10:39am
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Astro Cat
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96 colors
I love the beautiful 96 color frit colors. I know you can use some on the outside of 104 colors but I am not crazy about mixing the COEs, and in some instances I'd like to make beads where the frits are encased.
I was wondering is there a 'good' non scummy 96 clear glass?
I was also wondering if there are any colors similar to the 104 ivory and opal yellow???
thanks!
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2011-04-18, 10:49am
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Kugler makes a nice clear and so does Uroborus. You should check out the Uroborus and Spectrum 96 color lines.
As far as nice ivory colors, I like Reichenbach R-105 (Florence) for a pale ivory kind of like the old Vetrofond pale ivory, and R-186 (New Light Yellow) for something similar to a light opal yellow. I see a new (or at least new to me) color I don't have, R-113 (Vanilla) that looks promising, too.
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2011-04-18, 11:27am
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I like Gaffer clear. And Reichenbach Iris Opal Yellow and Champagne (but mine looks different from the images on the OCR site). Extra Light Tobacco is nice too.
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2011-04-18, 3:50pm
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For clear Uroboros gets my vote.
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2011-04-18, 4:15pm
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Uroboros clear, for sure. Inexpensive and superb! Uroboros Almond is a nice Ivoryish color but it is nonreactive.
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2011-04-18, 4:53pm
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Uroboros clear is fabulous.
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2011-04-18, 8:42pm
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Another vote for Uroboros clear!
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2011-04-19, 8:10pm
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Thanks!!
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2011-04-20, 11:09am
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I've been using size #0 92-94 and 96 COE frits on the surface of 104 for a very long time and there has never been a problem. I don't take a chance with the larger size #1 on 104, except for only one set that I make. I never had any problems with those beads, but I chose not to use anything larger than size #0.
Just don't encase 92-94 or 96 COE frits unless you are putting it on a 96 base, then you shouldn't have any problems. Reichenbach which is 92-94 has some pulled cane colors that would make nice bases for the frits, and if they have a good clear, then encasing would be worry-free.
You can look around on this site, and I'm headed there myself to see if ther are any updates to their 104 line.
http://www.glasscolor.com/lampworking/default.aspx
When you order lampworking rods, make sure you order "cane" because their "rods" are huge club sized things! 
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