Just bought some odds, as an excuse to find out if another 'mystery' stick I'd bought from ebay was made by Vetrofond - yes it was - it was Honey Crunch - great - then thought I'd do some experimenting. Did a couple of encased jobbies which have both cracked even after annealing. 1 was about 24 hours after wards. Maybe I've just been lucky so far but I've only had about 6 beads crack on me since I started about a year ago. I thought that if the COE was the same, you could intermingle to some extent. One of the beads that cracked had a little DH but the other was pure Vetrofond. Anyone else have similar problems - will I only be able to make spacers with this lot?
Shelia
Vetrofond Odds + DH = Disaster!
All I have to say on the matter!
Kazx
In some cases Vetrofond odd plus iself = disaster. Some of those colours are ridiculously unstable :(
I've used most of the vet odds and I've never had a cracking problem. I've used them with DH and I've encased them ('though not honey crunch).
Are you garaging or batch annealing?
Sarah
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Always straight from the flame to the kiln & leave overnight. Have to say I do not feel very confident about selling these until they've sat around for a bit, just in case they decide to crack.
I wish I could help - I always put mine straight in the kiln too and I haven't had a problem encasing or using DH. I usually use lauscha or CIM to encase so you could try that?
Sarah
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I'll try that but you would think that if you encase with the same brand it would be ok, thanks for your advice.
Shelia