Tubing question: Problem with lines...

[Over the Moon]

Hoping someone can help me out here: Am laying down color on a point, then blowing out - and I get "lines"...

How can I avoid this?! Thanks...

[e. mort]

Any pics?

[Over the Moon]

Mmm....nope! Afraid such ugliness would break my camera! Actually, I am striping on the silver-based color - totally covering the point - and it gets "streaky", whereby you can see the original individual lines. This doesn't happen with all colors mind you...

Can someone help out a gal here please?!?

[e. mort]

The silver color will fume as you are laying them down sometimes, so your streaking may be coming from that.

[Over the Moon]

Yup - that makes sense, Erci! So - got any ideas how to get around it?!

[wickedglass]

don't get around it, go with the flow and use things to your advantage. Colours with high metal content, like the northstar exotics for example (ex blue, ex green, ex red, aurora, etc), are very difficult to get an even cover without lines, as reduction and oxydisation occurs unevenly (crayon type colours are much better for this), however, the effects you can achieve with colours which fume off can be rather nice.
here's something I enjoy doing with such colours. After I lay down the colour, I twist the points back and forth (I think in the states it's called wig-wag?) to get a zig-zag pattern happening. then I flash the whole point by laying down straight lines of clear. you can let the point go somewhat cold so the zigzag stays nice and straight as you're flashing the clear on, but I prefer heating the colour as I'm laying down the clear, so I can drag it along a little to get wavy lines. Here's a couple of details of some perfumes I did several years ago which shows the end result. I only used one type of colour on a piece.

[e. mort]

ooooh, that is pretty!

[Over the Moon]

Hey thanks Eric & Wicked - very nice!! Going to give it a whirl...

[kiko]

Hey Val! Hope your class was inspiring!!! You may want to try some powder or very fine frit to coat your tubing. Make sure to post some of your new discoveries. Lori

[Ro]

if you dont want that in the design, you can burn off the fume in the flame, should be able to see the haze while you work or coat those colors completely in clear so they dont fume. if not completely covered and some is left to get to the surface you will get lines and or haze.
ro

[Over the Moon]

Thanks very much, girls...I appreciate all your help/info...