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Old 2012-02-17, 2:30am
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Has anyone tried it out yet? I did a search but didn't see any specific thread. If so how was it? Did the colors stay true? Shocky? Incompatible? Just wondeing if anyone has some experience with it yet?
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Old 2012-02-17, 6:17am
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Old 2012-02-17, 1:52pm
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Thanks Rebecca!
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Old 2012-02-18, 9:15am
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Even with all that, though, try it and get back to us. For the price it's worth a shot.

Just clean up your bench first to make clean up easier if it explodes

Edit:

In the interest of trying it out, I'm ordering some. I'll let ya'll know how it goes.

Here's what I just ordered:

quarter
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Transparent cobalt
Lily pad
opaque turquoise
opaque medium brown
opaque orange
opaque black


Rod
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opaque red
opaque lemon yellow
opaque light pink
opaque mango

full
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opaque white
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Old 2012-02-18, 1:09pm
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Ohh brilliant Tom, I look forward to seeing what you think of them
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Old 2012-02-18, 2:15pm
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(I just posted this over at the melting pot)

Quick and dirty review. I bought the sample pack they had to test it out. Here's what I found:

Colors are quick to bubble and devit, but not much more than some of the older crayon colors
I used to use. I worked it colder than I usually do, and the bubbling was minimized. The colors
are decent, and don't fade in the flame or kiln. No compatibility problems so far mixing it with GA,
old Colormax, Northstar, etc. etc. - but I'm still keeping an eye on the pieces.
It survived deep encasements without checking.

It's good basic glass for a very reasonable price. It doesn't have much of the glam and glitter
of the special effects glass, but it performs reasonably well, and the price is definitely right.

I have ordered before from this company (they don't know me from Adam, so no special treatment),
and they have always been a quick turnaround and excellent treatment. Haven't had any problems, so
I can't attest to how they handle those. Hope I never have to, obviously.

My advice is to invest a few $$ in the color sample pack and play with it.
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Old 2012-02-25, 11:47pm
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The first of my tests: http://munkinarts.com/blog/2012/02/2...-testing-pt-1/
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thanks for the early reviews, Karen and Menty666!
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Old 2012-02-26, 4:20am
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Thanks Tom - a very interesting read and I look forward to part 2 - I wonder what it will do when its encased
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Great info thanks very much for sharing.
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Second round of tests. Please to enjoy: http://munkinarts.com/blog/2012/02/2...-testing-pt-2/
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Tom, how is the red to work with? Does it boil/bubble/shock? It's a nice color.
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Old 2012-03-02, 9:30pm
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I only played with it for those three beads, but it was rather enjoyable to work with. I used a fairly gentle flame, but it worked easily with little trouble, a bit like Momka's Carmen red.

I was surprised I didn't liver it actually, it's often a problem for me because I'm impatient.

The only ones so far that I've had shocking issues with are the turquoise, once with the green, and the white's still kind of iffy because of the clear mixed in.

eta: Even with those three, they're still usable. It wasn't like the instant frit style popping I've seen in some of the soft glasses I've inadvertently plunged straight into the flame.
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Thanks for the info Tom. I don't know if I can bring myself to order from them, (There used to be some BS on their site about boro workers not needing to anneal and it pissed me off, maybe forever) but it is a nice red still.
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Old 2012-03-03, 9:54pm
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not nearly as detailed as menty's....

I got a lot of those when I was first starting out. ANDDD found them to be subpar to NS and GA in general. BUT as a noobie just trying to learn and dink around with whats what they arnt bad.
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Old 2012-03-03, 10:34pm
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They won't be overthrowing NS, GA, TAG and the like anytime soon. But there are a couple of colors that are nice to add to the rack. The coloring on the black, for example, leaves a lot to be desired.

I still need to try the others, but I might order more of the red. That was one of the colors I only bought rod of and it held the color well.
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Thank you for the reviews Tom, I've been wondering about them.

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