Steel pipe for slumping

[Stephen Richard]

Yes cover the pipe with fibre paper – 0.5 mm at least. No point batt wash, as the steel will spall so badly. You need to advance in temperature slowly as the pipe drains the heat from the glass where it rests.

Stephen Richard

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