One of my best friends has asked me to make her a Hooooj big hole bracelet bead, to match a Swarovski crystal necklace that she has. Luckily, or so I thought, Cranberry (and I'm not sure right now whether it is Effetre or CiM) was a perfect match.
But I'm really struggling! :(
It should be pretty simple, all she wants is a plain bead in one colour, but I'm finding that when i;ve made and shaped it, there are amberish streaks through the glass - the lovely clear cranberry red is there, but is sort of cloudy! I've made 4 now but no luck - I've tried using more oxy and less propane and vice versa - I've adjusted my kiln annealing temp to slightly lower, but no luck>
What am I doing wrong???
Am I overheating it???
I usually work the pinks as far out from the torch as possible as they don't seem to like being over heated .... I garage at 520 and haven't had any hassles with cranberry :)
Like she says really cool and slow ...
Thanks Les, that is probably what I'm doing wrong then. Because she wants a BIG bead, the glass does take some melting, so I'll try it again and take more time and less heat.
Thanks very much.
I do find that cranberry can take more heat than rubino though :) But still ... work it cool
Just made one, needs to be nice and slow and cool :)
If your desprate try a rod bullseye cranberry. It's a pleasure to use.
is it definitely cranberry and not rubino
Cloudy sounds like rubino...but yo can also get black bits in that too...like they've said..cool and slow...good luck!.. ;)