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2015-04-06, 9:14am
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a good clear?
Hi y'all.
I've started making beads again after taking a long hiatus and was wondering what a good clear is? 3+yrs ago it was cim and lausha. I was looking at the 104 uroboros clear. Any other new glass that anyone can reccommend. The black gun metal looks interesting, anything like the silver plum?
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2015-04-07, 5:24am
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Location: Northern Virginia
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I think you will find that the jury is still out on a good, consistent clear. I use Reichenbach soft and Effetre super clear (06), don't like CIM clear but some do, and haven't tried the Uroborus clear. Sorry, I haven't tried the gun metal.
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2015-04-07, 7:16am
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Was DH Zepyr available at the time you were lampworking? As great as Aether but it doesn't react to silver glass.
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2015-04-07, 6:00pm
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DH Zephyr is the bomb! Get the seconds, it cheaper and you really cannot tell the difference.
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2015-04-07, 6:20pm
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Have you read the threads about pickling your glass, clear, transparents and opaques or other wise?
Seems that a hot (140 f {hot coffee temp} ) vinegar and salt solution works pretty good and there is something called 'PH Down" in the pool/ hot tube section of the stores cleans really good too. It is a stronger acid than the vinegar though so do spend the time reading every thing you can about it.
Once it has been cleaned like that I just give each rod a wipe with isopropyl alcohol to get the last of the dust and finger prints off before use.
A lot of the marginal clears have gotten much much better with this kind of cleaning.
At the moment I have a pound or two of Uroboros that I working my through but I also have some ASK and I think the verdict was thumbs down on that one due to compatibility cracking so I limit it to very thin encasing but I don't mind using it for playing with ideas and outright experimenting.
The Double Helix Zephyr and Aether are very nice if you have the $ so I reserve mine for the " Don't want to risk a bad clear over this much effort" beads.
ETA: And Carol is right. Get the seconds. They come at a great price and I can't tell the difference.
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2015-04-08, 8:58am
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DH zephyr or aether 2nds. you can't tell their 2nds and at $30 a lb you can't go wrong. that stuff is soooo damn buttery.
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2015-04-09, 2:20pm
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DH Zephyr seconds! I've never even bought the first quality, second quality is perfect. DH Aether seconds for reactive work.
(basically what everyone else said!)
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