Pinging vetrofond!

[Diane]

Hi - this doesn't answer the problem of shocky glass but when warming your glass in the flame don't waft it in and out just hold the rod horizontally to the bench and introduce into the side of the flame gently. The was a tip given to us by Dora Schubert at a glass course last year and I find it works for me. You still have to be careful with the extra shockies ((EDP etc) but hope it helps.

Diane

[Kaz]

Oooooh candy corn - ouch popping candy corn!!!!
Kaz

[glassworks]

we have been speaking to mr moretti about seeing if there is a way to introduce the second and third colours into the rods in far finer strips - which should help tremendously with the "shockiness" of the new odd lots.. the latest batch of odd lemongrass actually looks like green bamboo - the second and third colours are really fine almost like really tiny murrini.. the trick for us is to get the cool effects without the shocks!.. there was one batch of odd pale avaocado that i literally have 120kilos of lying here because when tested we could not get ANYTHING to stay on the rods.. i turned about 20 rods into frit before giving it up and chucking it on the racks..

anyone think of a good use for too shocky glass - we think maybe we should try a pot melt of make a mix to pull our own canes?.. 

[garishglobes]

Add a few extras and make a new glass!!

[♥♥Tan♥♥]

These colours get right on my tits, sometimes literally, I had some a while ago that no matter what I did, and Idid all of the above, I managed about one spacer bead from a rod, a right pain,,,,is life too short I wonder

[Vicki]

there was one batch of odd pale avaocado that i literally have 120kilos of lying here because when tested we could not get ANYTHING to stay on the rods.. i turned about 20 rods into frit before giving it up and chucking it on the racks..

That must have been the same batch that I got, I managed to make 3 spacers out of 2 rods...I wasn't planning on making spacers, I was just trying to make it work 

[Shirley]

You have to wonder if it's actually fit to sell if it can't be worked properly

[Vicki]

I did say some words to that effect whilst i was using it shirley 

[Shirley]

Bet they weren't quite that polite

[garishglobes]

But I'd love to know how to get round it because I adore the colours! What causes this? Is it tiny, tiny bubbles in the glass because there are several colours in one cane? Sometimes, I end up "mopping up" all the pinged bits with my melted glass bobble, just so I don't waste too much...

[Amber]

Loads and loads of frit...I make sure I pick up every bit that pings off!

And Sal, compared to a cold garage, my thighs ARE pretty hot - it's either that or my armpits, which would be neither pleasant nor practical!  I do have to be careful of the pointed end when I pull the rod out to use, though - ouch!  :

[Vicki]

Bet they weren't quite that polite