small black marks

[Trudi]

Hi

I'll try and get some pictures in the morning - it's effrete glass that came in my starter kit - I think it might be periwinkle it's a soft opaque lilacy blue colour.

I use fibre blankets!

Your glass rods need to be spotlessly clean also when you start work. Even a little hand cream or grease will turn to carbon deposits when the flame cooks it. I clean mine with methylated spirit..... before lighting the flame of course..nowhere near the flame 

I've just got a delivery of rods in with marks at the bottom - I presume from the factory - now you 've said that you use methylated spirit to clean them - do you use any particualr cloth and do you have to clean that off afterwards before going near the flame with it - or will it evaorate off after a few mins?

Thanks

Trudi

[glassworks]

they just wipe off - we don't bother and have never had a problem at all.... not sure if it has something to do with the torch burning a little more propane that throws it up.... with the minnow, betta, minor or major we don't get a single mark... if you wipe with meths it will evaporate in seconds and then be perfectly safw to use... wipe with meths FAR AWAY from you burner though!!!

[Trudi]

Cheers Q - now shouldn't you be sorting out the ASK rods!