I got my devardi colors last week. Ordered some of the pinks, some bicolor rods, some mixed rods and some dichro. After the first test i really like it. But do the rods have to be that shocky?
Espacially the opaque and semi opaque pink (which look exactly the same...) crumble like crazy even in the tiniest flame. The pink luster rods do it also, but not as much as the opaques. And the pink luster doesn't like to be put over kugler white. Incompatibility cracks all around the bead.
The dichro is very very very thin and has to be immediately (spelling?) encased after applying it next to the flame. When i put it into the (tiniest) flame of my cricket it starts to burn. If handled carefully it has a great sparkle.
These were the first tests...more to follow if you are interested
