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Some people say not to melt the dots in before encasing, but I do. The real trick to stripes I find is to make sure you have a good amount of clear, say two wraps, on top, heat only the clear until it's well on it' way to melting in and most importantly, when you are nearly finished and want to work on the ends, heat the clear from the sides on a slight downward slant to pull the clear toward the mandrel. Without this step, you may get bleeding upwards onto your encasing layer depending on what base glass you used.