Quick advice on posh glass!!!

[lyzzydee]

For my birthday I was given some of the double helix glass by my friends and family. I have been too scared to use it as its so expensive and I don't know what to use it with to get a chance of a result.

I have got khaos,triton, elektra, clio and aion2.

Could anyone tell me what I could use them with to give myself half a chance of some thing nice coming out of the kiln???

I know I am not an expert but if I use them with something they are never going to work with it would be a waste

Thanks

[helbels]

Are you on a Hothead, or duel fuel torch?

[jammie]

I am very much the same with my little stash of silver glass, not giving advice on the how tos here, but I pull mine into stringer and use these to play with then if it goes wrong I haven't wasted much and it lets me work out whats the best way to treat them.
Maybe search each glass separately as I think they all tend to be a bit different and then have a go one at a time. there's loads of info on clio especially, still not brave enough to try my one rod though...I am a glass woose!  

[lyzzydee]

I am on a minor dual fuel I'll pull a couple of stringers and see what that does!!

[Lush!]

Triton stringer over transparent turquoise is always lovely!

[Fruddy]

Clio is absolutely my favourite silver glass in the world and it is pretty easy to get the most amazing purples and pinks from it.

Make a small bead, cool really well, almost until the glass is on the point of cracking, and then reheat gently in a neutral flame.   Cool once more and then reduce very very lightly - if you over-reduce clio it goes murky - and then keeping the bead out of the flame, go back to a neutral flame and encase with clear.  Photo below of what it can do when you ask it nicely - the base of this bead is Clio.

[lyzzydee]

Rachel it would be a miracle if that came out of my kiln!!!
Julie,
I have transparent turq, I'll give that a go as well!!

Thanks Ladies. I just wanted a bit of a heads up, I have a dozen beads in the kiln so fingers crossed I get something even wrote it down!!