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What is the point of OpaliNO's and Alabastards?
What colors do they play well with?
How can you keep them from boiling and/or scumming?
Dying to know!
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Opalino colors work well with other opalino colors. But when you mix opalino with transparents, pastels and hot colors, cracking can occur.
For example, if you put a layer of white pastel 204 on your mandrel and encase it with any opalino and place it in your fiber blanket, it will most likely crack.
If you first put a layer of transparent glass first on the mandrel and then the white pastel and then the opalino and then place it in a kiln, it will work most of the time.
Alabastro is a glass that has many little bubbles within the rods. Aalabastro glass melts at a slightly lower temperature than other Effetre colors. If you overwork or overheat the alabastro, the bubbles can get a bit unpretty
Please make a post to this thread if you have some comments, tips or horror stories to share with us about your experiences with Alabastro and Opalino.
Mike Frantz