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Old 2019-03-24, 11:21am
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Question Dichro wondering out loud

I figured I'd ask the Collective Wisdom before getting all complicated and wasting my time.

I've collected little bits of dichro for years, about the size of #1 frit or slightly larger. I've made stringer with it a few times, but it scums pretty easily. Yesterday I was at the local studio, and there were a few fusers talking, and a possible light bulb went off. Could I spread the dichro bits on a glass sheet and melt it in, then cut the strips to make beads? Would too much air get trapped?

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Interesting idea. I don’t think that bubbles getting trapped would be much of an issue if you use a conservative fusing schedule. Not sure whether the edges might become scummy during the fuse but if they did I’d expect the scum to be visible in the beads. However maybe they would melt in pretty nicely. I’ve not tried it but it seems like a reasonable thing to try.
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