How to keep a red soft glass staying red?

[beaddragon]

I am fairley new to beadmaking and making a few little holiday items with a great Christmas red (104 COE). When it cooled it was more of a brownish ....how can I keep it the true red? Lower heat? HELP!!!

[rosemarie23]

Work it with a cooler flame - that usually helps.

[beaddragon]

Thanks!! I will give it a try..

[BellaBean]

Cooler flame. For a transparent red, I use CiM Sangre. It rarely turns brown.

[mad hatter]

Yup Sangre is a great red

[volkanokaren]

Lauscha red.

Karen
Volkano Exotik

ripzz

[Jody Lee]

Sangre and Lauscha red are awesome!!! Wind the beads out a bit further than normal, and then strike a couple times to get nice colour.

I find that sangre is the most forgiving red out there, and relatively inexpensive.