Fuming question

[rusticstudio]

I just figured out gold fuming! I had tried it but just couldn't get the gold in the right place in the flame.

Anyway, I fumed an ornament and several light pink beads, then dotted some of them. Got the prettiest dark pink and a little purple. Took em off the mandrels and plopped them in water to clean the bead release.... the fume rubbed off!

What's up with that?

[josielv]

I am not sure about why it rubbed off, but I still can't figure out how to fume!! Ant tips on that for me. I usually end up loosing my gold as it melts and falls off, before I get any reaction at all. Thanks for any advice, and good luck with your issue.
Happy Thanksgiving
Josie

[e. mort]

Your piece has to be hot enough for the gold to stick. I have had this happen as well. That is why I usually encase the gold or silver fume. I have had luck with out encasing it, but I had the piece at a dull red glow when I fumed it.

[FlameTree Glass]

Here are some fuming basics that might help.
To fume with gold, use a penetrating, driving, focused reducing flame, and hold the gold right at the tip of your candles.

To fume with silver, use a softer, more bushey reducing flame.

Gold of course gives you pinks, cranberries, etc.

Silver gives you blues and whites, and sometimes ambers if you overfume.

The combination of the two can give you beautiful bright "beetle wing green" colors.

You can also go back and strike your fuming by using an oxidizing flame to take fuming away and a reducing flame to "bring it back"
Hope this helps you,
God Bless,
Lance
FlameTree Glass
www.flametreeglass.com

[DawnT]

Originally Posted by FlameTree Glass

Here are some fuming basics that might help.
To fume with gold, use a penetrating, driving, focused reducing flame, and hold the gold right at the tip of your candles.

To fume with silver, use a softer, more bushey reducing flame.

Gold of course gives you pinks, cranberries, etc.

Silver gives you blues and whites, and sometimes ambers if you overfume.

The combination of the two can give you beautiful bright "beetle wing green" colors.

You can also go back and strike your fuming by using an oxidizing flame to take fuming away and a reducing flame to "bring it back"
Hope this helps you,
God Bless,
Lance
FlameTree Glass
www.flametreeglass.com

Wow this is great information - thanks!

[e. mort]

Originally Posted by FlameTree Glass

Here are some fuming basics that might help.
To fume with gold, use a penetrating, driving, focused reducing flame, and hold the gold right at the tip of your candles.

To fume with silver, use a softer, more bushey reducing flame.

Gold of course gives you pinks, cranberries, etc.

Silver gives you blues and whites, and sometimes ambers if you overfume.

The combination of the two can give you beautiful bright "beetle wing green" colors.

You can also go back and strike your fuming by using an oxidizing flame to take fuming away and a reducing flame to "bring it back"
Hope this helps you,
God Bless,
Lance
FlameTree Glass
www.flametreeglass.com

Do you mean a layer of gold, then a layer of silver, then a layer or gold, or vice versa? I love that green color but I have only gotten it once by accident, and I forgot how I did it. That was before I started keeping notes.

[chayes]

i like to lay a little silver down for the gold to stick to. Also you can mix the gold and silver together as a alloy and fume with that for some cool fx.

[rusticstudio]

Thanks Lance and Chris!
I think the beads were too cold. I was thinking that the gold would burn off if they were too hot. I'll try it again next time.

[josielv]

Thank you so much for the tips, I will try it soon!! Hope you all had a great thanksgiving!
Josie