I have some Lapis and the rod shocks even after I have warmed the end and wound enought molten glass for a small bead onto the mandrel - bits of it are flying off everywhere.
Sarah
I don't remember having any trouble with it .. but then glass can vary sometimes, from batch to batch ... are you sure there are no teeny air holes running down the length of the rod ? ... that can be a pain sometimes
Oh dear. I've found Marshmallow and Cirrus to be shocky. Haven't tried my Lapis yet, and prob won't get a chance till Monday. If you've got a kiln you could pop the rod on the top to heat up a bit - that's what I do with my shocky glass. It usually works.... :)
or on top of the kiln, you could also try turning down your flame a little when trying this!!
I have had a day of everything being shocky, been driving me up the wall :-\ I don't usually have the problems I have been having today :-X
I'll look for air holes, not usually had this problem - after being burnt on my stomach when a burning shard flew down my dress last year I am REALLY careful warming rods.
Sarah
In general I find cim glasses a lot more shocky than the normal effetre colours. Today I have ordered myself a single candle simple food warmer - with a tile on top I hope it to be just what I need, both for tricky rods and the many murrini I work with.
I have a rod of fremen in bits in a glass jar :)
Quote from: Failariel on February 11, 2011, 08:34:58 PM
I have a rod of fremen in bits in a glass jar :)
Frit on a stick ;D ;D
In fairness though, I think that one was a dodgy batch :)
I've not really had too may problems with CIM rods since the Fremen episode.
I did plung the remains of a rod of Effetre baby pink the other week because it kept on shocking an inch from the melty bit!! Very annoying but I showed it who was boss :P
I think it may be the atmosphere - I have had shocky peace, vetro dark sky and eff baby pink today.
Kazx
I must admit, I usually find CIM fine - the fremen was a one-off. i do think the outside air affects things though. Some days are shockier than others.
Out of interest what is the weather like where you all are today, maybe if there are similarities you could narrow it down?
Bloody awful - dismal, grey and drizzly where I am.
Hope the 'B' word is OK. With some of the swear words around nowadays I find it endearing rather than offensive, but then I do have rather a foul mouth on me sometimes!
I had a whole rod of eff yellow turn into frit today. Gave up and turned off the torch.
shocky dreich dismal day here today too.
Huh, so far I've found CiM to be probably the least shocky of everything I have. But I may just be lucky as my anise also likes me!
Quote from: julieHB on February 11, 2011, 08:10:03 PM
In general I find cim glasses a lot more shocky than the normal effetre colours. Today I have ordered myself a single candle simple food warmer - with a tile on top I hope it to be just what I need, both for tricky rods and the many murrini I work with.
Where did you order this from Julie? I find my hotplate takes up too much room on my desk !I'd be very interested in this! :)
I did try a baking sheet on top of my kiln, but it got too hot to pick up
I find it hugely shocky or at least some colours I went through a whole rod of Argentium ( spelling ! ) this week just exploded all over the place but the next rod was fine - i could see tiny air bubbles in it . :)
I've only had one *really* shocky rod of CiM and that was marshmallow so I stuck it in the kiln to anneal with everything else, it's not skocky no more! I do that with all shocky glass like effetre pistachio.
I have generally found the CIM pinks and the light whites - marshmallow, cirrus etc - to be very shocky but never had a problem with lapis. I think I might be lucky as I torch inside in my centrally heated dining room (or what was a dining room and is now my study/studio).
I've never found Lapis shocky, in fact I've never had a shocky CiM. I have had some shocky glass though, and I saw this advice somewhere (can't remember, sorry if it was someone here :-* ) which basically said:
Hold the rod really far out in the flame, where it is barely warm, hold it almost vertical so the heat can travel gently up the rod, and hold for a while. Move slightly closer and hold again. The glass should start to glow slightly. Hold in the same place until the whole of the end is glowing, then you should be able to bring it to the the part of the candle you usually use to melt.
Thanks to whoever wrote that, I don't lose anything from any rods that I know to be shocky.
HTH
Hi - yes, I generally do try to warm up all the rods gently, in fact I have my own improvised rod warmer just for the job! It just seems to be letting me down with the Lapis, maybe it is the batch I got. I might try the annealing first idea - never thought of that.
Sarah
I have used a lot of Lapis but last weekend had one rod that was particularly shocky - may be the batch - I did try warming on top of kiln but though it stopped the explosions I still got the quiet crack just when I had wound on enough glass. :)
Cim is the only glas I have noticed the line of bubbles on as well
Quote from: Failariel on February 12, 2011, 08:55:22 AM
I did try a baking sheet on top of my kiln, but it got too hot to pick up
Very funny Colette! :D
I found Freman and Sangre shocky. I think it's the weather that causes the glass to get shocky. I found this time of year it is bad for it
Luckily jeannie it hasn't been a dreich day here in Lincolnshire :D
All my glass was being shocky yesterday! Thus I foolishly picked up a rod to warm slightly in my hand before using - buuuuut - being a sievehead due to lack of sleep forgot I'd used it in the last few mins and it was still quite hot!!! (oh fancy - duh!) - so that taught me a useful lesson-ette!
Quote from: JewelsK on February 16, 2011, 10:58:01 PM
All my glass was being shocky yesterday! Thus I foolishly picked up a rod to warm slightly in my hand before using - buuuuut - being a sievehead due to lack of sleep forgot I'd used it in the last few mins and it was still quite hot!!! (oh fancy - duh!) - so that taught me a useful lesson-ette!
i have the badge for that one too!!!
All my CIM is shockier than effetre.
If you want some real flying fun try bullseye transparant / pink mix!