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GENERAL
GLASS INFORMATION
Tempered (toughened) glass
Firing tempered glass
Mesh size
Striking
Making Your Own Frit
Sorting Glass Frit
Devitrification
Causes of devitrification
Testing an overglaze for
lead content
Laminated Glass
CMC
Tin bloom
Troubleshooting cracks in fused
glass
Minimizing trapped air
bubbles
Dealing with trapped air
bubbles
Large air bubbles
Adhesives for Glass
Dissolving silicone glue
Museum Gel
Quartz Glass
Determining the amount of glass needed for casting
The lost wax casting
process
Removing wax from a mold
How to tell stainless steel
from aluminum
Viscosity
Fire polishing
Achieving a matte finish
Shining the underside of a
piece
Using the mouth atomizer
Temperature and rate
conversion
Reactive glass colors
Fusing straight lines
Testing for compatibility
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Safety Equipment
Hearing Protection
Gloves
Safety Glasses
Pregnancy and fusing
Treatment for sore hands
Safety shields
GLASS CUTTING AND PREPARATION
Basic glass cutting
Cutting glass strips
Cleaning glass with denatured alcohol
Removing adhesive residue
Cutting large sheets of
glass
Cutting glass mirrors
POWDER,
STRINGER, FRIT, ETC.
Bending
glass stringer in a candle
Drawing lines with glass
powder
Making small balls of glass with a candle
Keeping glass stringer from moving
Layering powder and frit
Confetti
DICHROIC AND IRIDESCENT GLASS,
ETC.
Determining the coated side
Etching dichroic glass
Cubic zirconia
Firing liquid gold
Preventing dichroic from
chipping
SLUMPING, BOTTLES, DROP
RINGS, ETC.
Drop
rings
Making a drop ring mold
Bottle slumping
Removing
labels from bottles
Sink
molds
Stainless steel sink molds
Metal spinning
Bisque ware slumping molds
Bare spots in slumping
molds
Repairing ceramic molds
Pattern bars
The pattern bar box
Fused bracelet making
Slumping glass that larger than the mold
Preventing uneven bowl
slumping
Attaching feet to slumped
bowls
Nested slumped bowls
Quartz Inversion
Fusing wire inside jewelry
Electroforming
Tack fusing stringer bowls
Firing rocks in a kiln
Simultaneous drop ring and
tack fusing
Slumping textured glass
Firing multiple shelves at
once
Firing schedule for a
pocket vase
INCLUSIONS
Inclusions
Fiber paper as an inclusion
Keeping copper inclusions
bright
Leaf inclusions
Sea shell inclusions
Fusing with cuttlefish
Aluminum as an inclusion
Page updated through January 12, 2007
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