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Old 2008-06-02, 9:07pm
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Originally Posted by Howie View Post
What do you mean by keeping the top glass hot? I'm very new to this but when I do any implosion, which I'd assume the flowers would be, I try to keep the heat right on the "tread" of the maria. I have been using the top minor of my torch for this and I still get the rod holding the piece heated to the point of it becoming floppy.
I just mean that if the top of your maria isn't hot enough the glass won't implode upward into it but rather it will flatten out where it hits the cold glass above.
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