Thank you Kristin. Your comments are very helpful for me and for all the other people you help. My lack of experience will show when I ask the next question. Do you strike the transparent before of after encasing?
I found a rod of Eff. striking orange and it looks like it may work. I looked at the Orange crush and it is really nice. I have several different rods of Eff. striking red which I have used for some dots. Thank you for the suggestion of a white base. I have seen and found that the white base can lighten the transparent colors. I do have a bunch of CIM Sangre. My sweet wife has made some necklaces from my Sangre beads and they really bring shoppers into our booth to look around. I find it is not as transparent as some glass.
Your clear core suggestion is great. I remember seeing that for something else also. I have had several people ask if the beads were ceramic. I really need to encase them to bring out the glass look....to differentiate from ceramic.
I am pretty well stocked on the opaque red, yellow and oranges. I have several of both Effetre and CIM. The yellow and oranges still mystify me a bit because the colors don't always come out as expected or even consistently. That's why glass is interesting.
Thank you again
Greg
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