Pre-fusing Dichroic Glass with a Beadcube

[faystuart]

Hi there

I have been waiting and waiting and waiting (Big Yawn) for some Dichro stringers from Christina and they have still not arrived.......

But....

Calico Cat (Carol) very kindly gave me some dichro glass but I need to fuse it and I have no idea how I do this.  We talked briefly about it at Di's Do and Di said I can fuse it in my Beadcube but I don't know where to start.  My Beadcube is programmed to anneal my beads and to be honest I've only ever set it for programme 1 (annealing) and let it run.

So.....

If anyone can advise me (idiot's guide required) on how to pre-fuse the Dichro Carol very kindly supplied me with I'll be eternally grateful.  Please take pity on me.

Fay x

[Trudi]

Hi

You'll need a shelf and either some fibre paper or a shelf with kiln wash

Cut up your dicro, place it coated side down and the schedule is

(speed  - temp - hold time)
300 -  600 -  0
500 - 735 - 10
900 - 516 - 15
80 – 371 - 1
0


have fun! 

[faystuart]

Thanks for that Trudi can you tell me where I can get some Fibre paper from?  Sorry to be such a dunce but never tried this before 

I'm not quite sure I understand the beadcube settings but I hope it will all become clear when I take the list of settings out to the studio and see what happens.

Fay x

[SilverGems89]

Fay, i have some fibre paper and will bring you a piece next weekend if you would like? Otherwise it is available from warm-glass as thinfire paper 

[faystuart]

Gem

You're a little treasure - that would be great!  Really looking forward to the open studio day hope it goes well

Fay x

[SilverGems89]

I'm looking forward to it too  I'm sure everyone will have a great time!