Art Glass Drip Tips

[bonniegirl]

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PM sending....................I am gonna pay it forward just like was done for me.Trippyville loves everybunny and all are welcome here.

*waving at all the Trippy residents*

 

[Brutus Buckeye]

OK so who are the signature makers around here? I need a new one, but Trippified! Time to show more love for Bert and the Trippy Nation! Yes we have grown past being a Ville, we are now the Trippy Nation!

 

[bert1983]

The quartz might work Bert! I made a bead on it with ease. Just hoping I'll be able to get it off! Any suggestions?

Bead release? I was actually considering this problem while I was blowing glass earlier Amber, I was thinking that bead release might not stick to the quartz very well, and the solution I thought of was to chuck the rod up in a drill and sand it with sand paper on the end where you will dip it in the bead release. Please keep me updated on how it works out!

 

[AmberB]

OK so who are the signature makers around here? I need a new one, but Trippified! Time to show more love for Bert and the Trippy Nation! Yes we have grown past being a Ville, we are now the Trippy Nation!

I can make one Brutus. It'll be Monday before I can get to it, but if you'll send me the pics and info I can do it!

 

[AmberB]

Bead release?

I did. The first one I tried the bead release was too thin and it fused to the quartz. No budge! This time I triple dipped it. I'm soaking it in water now. Here's hoping!

 

[Brutus Buckeye]

Thanks Amber, I may wait till my other Phid comes back so I can try and do something with both of my donut tips.

 

[bert1983]

I did. The first one I tried the bead release was too thin and it fused to the quartz. No budge! This time I triple dipped it. I'm soaking it in water now. Here's hoping!

I expanded on the idea above, please re-read my response.

 

[bert1983]

Amber, one cool thing about quartz is that you can heat it up white hot and dip it in ice water without it breaking! This is because it does not expand and contract as much as other glass when it gets hot. Soft Glass has a COE of 90-106 Borosilicate is COE 33 Quartz is COE 8! When the COE changes the rate of expansion changes exponentially by the way.

 

[BluSwatch]

Evening Tripsters - wow, tons of cool tips! Mine are on the way, so maybe tomorrow I'll have pictures.

Cyclin, dang, sorry to see your donut, but it looks like Bert has ya covered.
If you don't mind me asking, so I can avoid whatever, how did it break? A fall?


Brutus! Way cool donut! You have been pining on that one for a while!

 

[GlassyFreddy]

I did. The first one I tried the bead release was too thin and it fused to the quartz. No budge! This time I triple dipped it. I'm soaking it in water now. Here's hoping!

try building it out of high temperature graphite (as a mandrel) It will seize but the graphite will disintegrate in the kiln. I just dont know if it will disintegrate in the flame temperature needed for quartz (before finishing) Graphite does work really great with boro as a mandrel substitute. You just need to make sure you don't overheat the boro (to the white color stage) or else your work will slump. You want to leave the boro glow in the red/orange stages will working.

I'm impressed you got quartz to melt on a national 3m!!!! WoW! I started on a 3a and still teach students to flamework with the national 3a....i own 8!

 

[bert1983]

Did the 3x coated one work?

 

[bert1983]

try building it out of high temperature graphite (as a mandrel) It will seize but the graphite will disintegrate in the kiln. I just dont know if it will disintegrate in the flame temperature needed for quartz (before finishing) Graphite does work really great with boro as a mandrel substitute. You just need to make sure you don't overheat the boro (to the white color stage) or else your work will slump. You want to leave the boro glow in the red/orange stages will working.

I'm impressed you got quartz to melt on a national 3m!!!! WoW! I started on a 3a and still teach students to flamework with the national 3a....i own 8!

She's using quartz rods as a boro mandrel Freddy

 

[Brutus Buckeye]

Yes I have Blu, and this whole time Bert was holding out on me. LOL Seriously, it was like Christmas when I opened that package today. Glad the wife wasn't here to see it, she might of had me committed.

 

[bert1983]

Yes I have Blu, and this whole time Bert was holding out on me. LOL Seriously, it was like Christmas when I opened that package today. Glad the wife wasn't here to see it, she might of had me committed.

Can we get a video? I am seriously LMAO imagining it.

 

[Odium]

Yes I have Blu, and this whole time Bert was holding out on me. LOL Seriously, it was like Christmas when I opened that package today. Glad the wife wasn't here to see it, she might of had me committed.

*scratches his head* I would have paid good moneys to see that lol

 

[Brutus Buckeye]

Can we get a video? I am seriously LMAO imagining it.

LOL, I'm thankful there were no cameras around. Funny thing is it was the last bubble wrap I opened so I knew it was whatever the surprise was going to be. I had to stop for a second because my hands were actually trembling because I thought it might actually be my "Precious". Then I opened it and danced through the house with it. A 50 year old man should not act like that, oh screw it, I loved acting like that.

 

[AmberB]

Well, this time the release cooked up hard as a rock and the bead broke before the release did! I have a diff release to try. It seems to be sticking fine! Brb!

 

[GlassyFreddy]

ooooooooh...i'd do graphite first

She's using quartz rods as a boro mandrel Freddy

 

[BluSwatch]

Brutus - did ya fall to your knees? Did the clouds part, heavenly light shine down, and the sound of Angels' voices fill the air??? ..... "Aaaawwwwwww...."

My DD does that to be sarcastic, she holds her arms out, tilts her head back and sings "Aaaawwwww...".

 

[BluSwatch]

.... and danced through the house with it. A 50 year old man should not act like that, oh screw it, I loved acting like that.

You should see what I do if no one is around and salt 'N Pepa or Frankie Goes to Hollywood comes on the radio ....