Encasing and bleeding in the middle

[puffin]

I am trying to encase, which I am doing

I am making the bead letting it cool with quick flash into heat so not to shock whist i am heating the clear. I am putting on the clear doing the sides to cover the bead.

However I am worried that when I am heating the clear to melt I am heating to much that it bleeds inside or not enough that I cannot get the gravity on the clear so it looks wobbly. I am taking my time , no rushing today .

Any tips please as I already like the effects on the encasing the bead.

[poledra1958]

Some one posted a link to a couple of good encasing instructions.  I can not find the link but I did download the pdf files to my laptop.  So I could e-mail you the pdf files if you let me know your e-mail.

Jenny

[puffin]

Yeah thanks

I downloaded some pdf myself to get the idea of encasing , its the timing i think now of not bleeding the middle bit if that makes sense

[poledra1958]

Yes it makes sense    Not really tried encasing yet so will probably keep an eye on the thread for any ideas myself before I try as well.

Jenny

[stuwaudby]

The key to getting an good cover is spreading the clear by pushing it around using a knife or graphite block. You then only need to heat enough to soften the outer clear. When you do the final full heat for shape the distortion will be much less.

Another tip is to try applying the clear in blobs, rather than wrapping / running off the end of the rod. The underlying pattern is then not pushed around so much.

[turnedlight]

I agree, get the clear on (I try and heat enough to swipe all the way round, using the rod to push it on, then do the sides seperately), and then warm the clear up and use a marver to get it flatter before using heat to get it all smooth. Keeping things like dots to stay the same after being encased can be difficult.
Also, make sure there's no unencased gaps or the insides of the bead will come up through the encasing.