Painting Questions
What type of Paint should I use? I plan to do a landscape of painted stained glass and want to paint trees and limbs on it. What kind of paint should I use and does … (read more)
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Texture Glass on Fish Tank
Frosted Fish Tank Rick Burris I bought a old fish tank and the back texture glass was painted like this. Looks like it was painted and put in the freezer. Who can help me find … (read more)
Lamp Patina
I’m making a four sided lamp. Can I patina the individual sides before assembling the four pieces? It would seem easier and then patina the joints after assembly. Thanks Frank Wolf Milly’s reply: Thanks for … (read more)
Kiln Slow To Cool Down
Can I Speed My Glass Kiln Up? Project With Glass Frit After a 5 day kiln glass course during a trip home to England last October, I decided I had to have my own kiln … (read more)
Best kiln firing schedule to avoid devitrification
How to Avoid Devitrification Fused table top, detail I am so frustrated and I didn’t have this issue with the same firing schedule in the cooler weather – now that the weather is hotter outside, … (read more)
Quick Firing For Paint
Firing Paint Quickly in a Kiln Zebra Glass Painting Designs I know that I have fired painted glass ramping up from room temp to 1250F/676C degrees in 35 min. I would then turn off the kiln … (read more)
Stained Glass Paint Queries
Stained Glass Painting Answers Kiln Firing Program For Stained Glass Green Man Painting I just bought a new glass kiln. All of the pre-programmed firing schedules are for fused or slumped glass and seem very slow. … (read more)
Fusing Questions Answered
Slumping and Fusing Answers Firing Produces Honeycomb Effect I did some fused glass with some orange Spectrum glass in my kiln a little while ago, at the same time some blue Artista glass. The kiln … (read more)
Slumping and Fusing Questions
Answers to Common Slumping Problems Is my glass stressed out? I have been producing small pieces of slumped float glass in under 2 hours. They have survived successfully but I can see light brown colors … (read more)
Firing Stained Glass Question
Can You Fire Regular Stained Glass? Mark Angus demonstration I originally started doing stained glass before kiln work becme popular so of course I have lots of scrap glass. I purchased a kiln hoping to use … (read more)