Blue Healer Frit Mix Recipes

[Judi_B]

There has been a request for the Blue Healer Frit recipes. I copied them from the Blue Healer web site (www.bluhealer.com) long ago. The web site has been updated and the frit recipes are no longer there. I contacted Carolyn Driver and received permission to post them here. Thank you Carolyn!

Originally posted on the Blue Healer web site:

We are no longer in the frit business....we have posted the recipes for those of you who liked the special blends, and may want to mix up a batch for yourself..

Monet frit blend

1 pt G134
2 pts R156
1 pt Z99
1 pt G114
1 pt G121
1 pt R11
May substitute Weisenthal violet for the Gaffer G114
Also the Weisenthal light blue for G121


Electric Razzle-Berry

2 pts R9
1 pt R8
2 pts R2
2 pts R3


Tortoiseshell

Equal pts
R217
R218
R108
and ¼ pt R215


Santa Fe

Equal pts
G122
G124
G127


Rose Petals

Equal pts
R64
R66
G188
R2
May substitute the Weisenthal gold ruby for the R2
I've noticed a distinct variance from batch to batch in the R2


True Blues

Equal pts
G125
G126
R45


Mountain Fern

Equal pts
R181
R156
R157
G135

[tiggybubba]

so...
G=gaffer
R=reichenbach
Z=?

and the numbers must correspond to the colours..I know, dumb questions. Yeesh

Leslie

[Kevan]

zimmerman?

[tiggybubba]

and where can you get gaffer cane these days?

[Imelt4U]

I think through olympic color rod

[tiggybubba]

according to their website, they only have purple rose and 2 others...
I might email them to see if they will bring some in

[tiggybubba]

never mind, found their sample packs....yeeee haw!

[della]

get gaffer glass at the Kent Wa warehouse.., they have a web site

[StLouisBiker]

I can't seem to find their website. Anyone have it?

[Marie C]

Anyone have pictures of beads made with these frits, to tempt those of us who don't know we need them and HAVE to have them :).

Thanks! Warmly, Marie C

[Judi_B]

The gaffer site is www.gafferglassusa.com

You may need to call them. This is from their 11-9-06 Newsletter:

"Gaffer 3-7 mm Lampworking Cane is available in 1/4 kilo bundles or sold by the single cane in all our beautiful one of a kind colors. The colors on the Blowing Glass page of transparent and opaques are available in Cane, 4oz Frit Jars and $2.00 Frit Packets. If a full kilo of frit is just to much, the 4oz Jars are perfect for the beginning glass blowing student. The $2.00 frit packets are perfect for the lampworker just wanting to try a particular color or wanting to mix a few colors. You can order Cane, Jars and Packets via email at sales@gafferglassusa.com. We will gladly send you pricing via email or send a catalog in the mail."

Also, OCR has all or most of the Richenbach, Gaffer and Zimmerman frits. However you have to buy a half kilo of each, or a Frit Pack with 2 Tablespoons of each of 10 colors for $42.50 (you choose the 10 colors)

[Judi_B]

GG Glass carries all of the Blue Healer frit blends and has pictures!
http://ggglass.com/catalog.php?category=1

Anyone have pictures of beads made with these frits, to tempt those of us who don't know we need them and HAVE to have them :).

Thanks! Warmly, Marie C

[tiggybubba]

Ok
Olympic Colour no longer has the custom frit packs.....wah!!!
Will check out other sources. I like the idea of being able to mix my own blend or tweek on an existing recipe.

[Judi_B]

That's not fair - they still have it on thrie web site!!
http://www.glasscolor.com/products/default.aspx?cID=81&pID=1501

[DarleenMB]

I also have the Blue Heeler frit blends.

[joycerenee]

A small warning about the Olympic Color sample pack - the glass comes unmarked & in a big bundle. Some of the colors are very, very difficult to distinguish from one another, especially the darker reactive transparents. I love the glass, but their sample packs aren't great if you're trying to decide what to order.

Joyce

[Baubles]

Here is the Gaffer link to the newsletter;

http://des4218s22.chopin.2day.com/newsletter.asp

I tried to order 4 frit pack form Olympic but they are not doing Gaffer packs anymore Just the R &Z.

I emailed Gaffer for pricing and they were very quick with thier response. I am soooo glad I didn't throw out my list of 40 colors I put together.

They are out of some cane colors though...from email today:

We have almost all the colors in cane except G-12, G-25, G-35, G-52, G-55, G-60, G-90, G103, G-110, G-112, G-113, G-181. We are out of some of the Veiled Cane colors but we well be getting them in soon

HTH,

Virginia

[Lara]

Speaking of Gaffer, I went to their werehouse with my x-mas money and they were so nice! I met 3 workers there and I can't remember their names, but I got a welcome and a handshake from each of them. I bought tons of single rods and it was a pain for the check out person to ring up each rod, but she did so with a smile. I would recommend them for your gaffer glass. The veiled cane is great and they have some fun combos.

I highly recommend them!

[Maria Louisa]

I would love to see more of Bluhealer's recipes.
Love the Tortuga for instance.

[tt4st]

Maria Louisa, Do you think Tortuga (tortoise) could be the same as Tortoiseshell? Check out GG Glass (link in post #12) because she has Bluheeler's blends all ready to purchase - or the recipe is in the first post.

[Maria Louisa]

Thanks Suzanne, don't know how I could miss that, they seem the same indeed.
I'm going to mix some of these recipes.

[Elegance_1]

so...
G=gaffer
R=reichenbach
Z=?

and the numbers must correspond to the colours..I know, dumb questions. Yeesh

Leslie

I was thinking Z is for (white) Zinfindale: the number of glasses you can have after putting the recipie together. LOL :hide: ahhhh it's friday!

[Frogsongstudio]

I have some ideas for some frit blends but how to you make it? Is there a frit maker somewhere that I could get?

[Listenup]

Z=Zimmerman. You can get it from Olympic Color Rods.
http://www.glasscolor.com/colors/zimmerman_colors.aspx