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UGotGlass Support Forum
Welcome to the UGotGlass Message Board. We get calls and emails every day asking us for advice on fusing, PMC, equipment etc.... so we decided to add this board as a way of consolidating this support. Hope you find it helpful. Please feel free to ask questions, make comments etc....NOTE: We do reserve the right to remove any post for any reason without notice to the poster. |
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Nancy Tang
 Jul 2, 05 - 5:08 PM |
Welcome to the UGotGlass Support Forum
Hello and welcome to our support board. Please use this space to ask any questions you have and to share your fusing or PMC experiences with us. We'll do our best to answer your questions quickly. Sometimes we travel so if you don't reply within 24 hours please be patient; we'll get to you as soon as we can. Please use good manners on our board. NO SPAM, NO PROFANITY, NO SPAM and be kind to others. We will delete any post we see fit at any time without warning. Best, Nancy & Greg Tang |
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Nancy Tang
Jul 5th, 2005 - 1:02 PM |
Testing replies
Just testing to make sure folks can reply.... we're up and running!!!! Let me know if you guys find any problems and I'll see what I can do... Nan |
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Janet
Jul 11th, 2005 - 2:19 PM |
Re: Welcome to the UGotGlass Support Forum
Hi, I have worked in polymer clay for many years, PMC since about 1999, now I am adding dichroic and fused glass. My question is; is there a way to sculpt a small face in polymer clay, make a mold that will fire in the kiln, to fuse/cast a glass face cabochon? I can sculpt a face the size I want, I need to know if you can suggest a easy to use mold making material that can fire in my Paragon SC2. Does the face need small holes in the bottom of the mold for air release when the glass is firing in it? I think it would be a great centerpiece combined with PMC Thanks, Janet |
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Nancy Tang
Jul 18th, 2005 - 5:49 PM |
Molds
Hi Janet: Sorry for the delay; I was away visiting my Mom. You should make your positive from PMC and fire it so it's hard. You can use ceramic clay for the mold.... just make a little pancake that is somewhat thicker and larger than the positive and then press the positive into the clay. Pull out the positive carefully and let the clay dry. Once FULLY dry coat the inside with kiln wash careful not to fill in any detail. Fill with glass and fire. Voila. there are other mold mediums and materials to make positives from but this is an easy way to get started.... hope this helps, Nan |
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Janet
Jul 18th, 2005 - 7:38 PM |
Re: Welcome to the UGotGlass Support Forum
Hi Nancy, Does the earth clay mold I make need to be fired first? Or will it be fired when the glass is firing? If fired at the same time will escaping fumes from the clay effect the glass? Thanks for your help. Janet |
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Nancy Tang
Jul 20th, 2005 - 1:46 PM |
Molds
Hi Janet: It depends on the size of the mold; I make jewelry so the molds are small. Firing the clay makes it stronger so for larger pieces I would recommend firing the mold first. More importantly, make sure your mold is totally dry before placing it in your kiln...any moisture can cause the mold to crack and then you'll have a real mess to deal with... Nan |
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