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Old 2009-03-31, 4:24pm
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Originally Posted by Mopnglo View Post
I ordered some jupiter about a year ago. I get a different result than what you did. All I can get out of it is orange with a ring of green. But my rod doesn't look like you described, no white core. My rods are a beautiful pink color.

my rods are sort of brownish pink with a core almost like murrini - greyish white and star shaped

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Originally Posted by kk5336 View Post
The way I use this glass is to make my base bead (a little smaller than I want-cause you'll be able to add more, if you need) and then I "puddle" onto my base bead. What I mean by "puddle" is I heat the tip of the rod and then smash (not too hard) the melted tip on the bead (like you were making a big dot on the bead). I repeat this process until I have all these smooshy dots all over, melt in and shape. You can get a nice marbling effect.

Kathie
ah! now that might work. I made a test bead and broke it in half and all the white was like dots inside because i'd just wrapped the glass like normal
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