light red turned grey

[Sheena]

Hi,
Newbie help needed. Tried effetre light red and encased it (working on a hot head on bulk fuel) but it turned out a yucky grey! What did I do wrong?
Sheena

[♥♥Tan♥♥]

You worked too low in the flame and reduced it. Work a little higher and you will get lovely reds.

[Sheena]

ah Thank-you.... If i'd reduced it ..could I have turned it back by holding it higher up?.
On a hothead I thought you had to cover the holes with foil to reduce?  Can you also reduce just by holding it lower in the flame?
Can you Un-reduce? Can you un-strike?
Thanks .... learning loads
sheena

[Steampunkglass]

ah Thank-you.... If i'd reduced it ..could I have turned it back by holding it higher up?.
On a hothead I thought you had to cover the holes with foil to reduce?  Can you also reduce just by holding it lower in the flame?
Can you Un-reduce? Can you un-strike?
Thanks .... learning loads
sheena

It's been a while since I used a hot head, so I might be wrong, but I'm not sure about unreducing, at least not on a hot-head. Reduction happens when there isn't enough oxygen in the flame so it 'robs' some out of the glass, causing the colours to change. I don't know if a hothead has enough oxygen in the flame to replace it. Yes, holding down lower might cause some reduction, but covering the holes works even better as you are cutting off so much air getting to the flame, and some of the posh silver glasses need that to get all the sexy colour changes. If it's been encased I don't think you'd have got it to change back as the clear encasing the red means it's no longer exposed to the air/flame. It's all about practise and finding the best way that works for you 

[DementedMagpie]

I once accidentally reduced some light turquoise on a hothead and then somehow un-reduced it, also entirely by accident. So it is possible, I'm just not sure exactly how to do this on purpose.