Problem in my little microwave kiln with dichroic glass
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- December 21, 2013 at 7:56 pm #10054
MonicaE521
ParticipantI’ve been looking for answers for several days and internet searches just bring me to supply sites, so I searched for blogs. Hi!
I have some pretty dichroic glass that I’d like to make into pendants. I’m just doing this as a hobby, so I don’t have a lot of money to spend. I have a Fuseworks microwave kiln and it works very well most of the time. However, a couple of times my glass (ripple, pink/purple/blue) fuses with ugly gray lines in it instead of the color. I try to make sure I have 6mm thickness starting out so it won’t stretch out too far, but that doesn’t fix it. I managed to do a little piece, maybe half inch square, but when I tried to make a larger one for my friend, it got ugly. Really ugly.
Has anyone seen this? I have no clue if I can upload a picture of the ugliness, but I can try. Thanks!
December 27, 2013 at 12:36 pm #13145chanticleerjewelry
ParticipantI have a fuseworks microwave kiln, and have experienced ugly grey lines in my work before as well. My microwave is low wattage, so I usually don’t have trouble, but heating too fast/long/more than once, will cause the color to fade out of your dichroic. Another cause can be grinding edges and not cleaning them enough before heating your glass.
I think there was one other, but right now it’s not coming to me. Maybe someone else can help
Valarie
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