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  • Sondra Hirssig
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    March 1, 2012

    I was looking for anyone who works a lot with opal enamels.  I fired some samples and was shocked at how some burned out on the silver foil, but not on the flux.  Any help would be appreciated.

  • Pam Timm
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    March 1, 2012

    Hey Sondra,

    Could be a myriad of things: from fine silver needing to be cleaned with a glass brush before enameling, firing too hot, wet enamels when fired, enamel layer too thin in specific area, air trapped under foil, etc... Can you take a picture and upload it?

    Pam

     

  • Sondra Hirssig
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    March 1, 2012

    No, it was just a test and I have since foiled over it.  How are your tests coming?

  • Jim Jordan
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    March 1, 2012

    If you look a bit further down on this list, there is a topic called Opalescents-treat them nice.  It contains a lot of info that may be helpful.  Jim

  • Sondra Hirssig
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    March 2, 2012

    I looked down this page on the right and didn't see the topic.  Looked under the notebooks 1 &2.  

    Can you be move specific on where to find it?  Thanks Jim.

  • Jim Jordan
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    March 3, 2012

    Click on the "View All" button and the topic is near the bottom of page 1.


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