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2010-04-11, 9:08pm
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Opal Yellow - Why PerfectDeb should love it!
New thread for PerfectDeb... tell her why she should love Opal Yellow!
Post a tip, a pic, a tip and pic... whatchu got??
Here's mine:
You can put frit (like Reichenbach 96) on it without it getting the yucky dark outline like the way ivory does... Raku, DH Psyche, and I even love it under Rubino Oro (Gold Pink). It's my base color for a lot of my beads... It's different from batch to batch and some times it gets lovely pink blush like Nikki posted... and sometime it just stays a nice non-reactive ivory (ish) color... Try it! You'll like it!
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2010-04-11, 9:19pm
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Opal yellow should be a main staple in everyone's glass pantry. It does all sorts of great things. Plus if you are stuck and just don't know what color to add to any bead, chances are, you can use OP and it will look great.
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2010-04-11, 9:20pm
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Smile, it's contagious!
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Purr-fect color for lions!
I  opal yellow!
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2010-04-11, 9:22pm
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Ha ha, I copied and pasted my first post from a bathroom post... Nikki had posted some cutie patootie beads where the opal yellow had blushed a wonderful shade of pink.
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2010-04-11, 9:51pm
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the one i made last night i used opal yellow, dark topaz and triton - its interesting
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2010-04-11, 9:55pm
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Hmmmm... now I must do this:
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2010-04-11, 9:58pm
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I would love to see your bead.
I love Opal Yellow and use it almost daily. I love all the pinks I can get out of it when struck. It looks great with copper green and red copper green. Two of the beads in my banner below are made with those colors on an Opal Yellow base.
Keep working with it....you'll fall in love.
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the one i made last night i used opal yellow, dark topaz and triton - its interesting
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Pandora, Biagi, Troll, and more, bead sets, and focals.
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2010-04-11, 9:59pm
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And that goes for me as well... so here ya go:
This one is OY with raku powder and violet pastel stringer
This one is OY with Reichenbach powders and OY stringer
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2010-04-11, 11:27pm
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of all the glass i've used so far triton is my fav - i'm down to half a rod  - i even pick up all the stringer ends and squish them together
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2010-04-11, 11:28pm
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Triton is good! I do the same thing pickin' up the bits and melting in the stringer ends... and I have boxes of DH... 
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2010-04-11, 11:29pm
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deb (pierces*designs) sent me a little pack of reduction frit so i'll have to try that with OY
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2010-04-11, 11:31pm
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i had it in the back of my head that OY was reactive the same as ivory so thats why i tried the triton - it looks good but there is no reaction
so from what i gather so far i have to try the colours with copper in them - turquoise, petroleum green etc
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2010-04-12, 12:20am
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Yep, you can use it with frit:
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2010-04-12, 1:31am
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ok, OY with dark topaz stripes, triton dots with ivory dots on top
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2010-04-12, 4:18am
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It's a pretty flower petal encased in bordello:
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2010-04-12, 7:03am
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yes, Raku likes it. I love the way they work together.
this was intense black, opal yellow, raku twistie on top of opal yellow base.
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2010-04-12, 8:01am
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I use it under all my tibet and transcendental. It really brings out the colors!
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2010-04-12, 8:38am
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These are all beautiful! I have OY in my shop but I've never used it before. I will now.
I think you should move this thread to the Gallery where more people can see it! 
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2010-04-12, 9:35am
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I love OY. Seriously.
I have tons more pics but these are my favs I think. OY is a reaction enabler.
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2010-04-12, 9:44am
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Classic combo - OY copper green and EDP.
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2010-04-12, 10:06am
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It makes frit sing--
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2010-04-12, 10:18am
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Hmmm...havent tried it with frit yet but I will have to after seeing the pics on here...beautiful!
Here's my focal:
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2010-04-12, 11:32am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PerfectDeb
i had it in the back of my head that OY was reactive the same as ivory so thats why i tried the triton - it looks good but there is no reaction
so from what i gather so far i have to try the colours with copper in them - turquoise, petroleum green etc
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I wouldn't say "reactive" like ivory but it does "do something"... it really helps to make the silver glasses "pop"... and colors like copper green and rubino really like it as well.
Deb I love your bead with the Triton and topaz... it's beautiful even if it's not what you were really looking for
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2010-04-12, 1:27pm
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I like to think of OY as a striking colour.
At first, i was all stressed out trying to get the colour because it was so washed out, but as soon as I put it out of my mind and worked on other things, it blushed right pretty.
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2010-04-12, 1:43pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by zen-mom
And that goes for me as well... so here ya go:
This one is OY with raku powder and violet pastel stringer
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Oh, YUM.
do you have raku powder in your shop?...
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2010-04-12, 1:48pm
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Quote:
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Oh, YUM.
do you have raku powder in your shop?...
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I believe I just got some in... I usually do.
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2010-04-12, 1:50pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ellyloo
I like to think of OY as a striking colour.
At first, i was all stressed out trying to get the colour because it was so washed out, but as soon as I put it out of my mind and worked on other things, it blushed right pretty.
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That's what happened to me... same with raku and some of the other stuff that needs to be struck. I decided I didn't care if it did or didn't do it's thing and now it almost always does
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2010-04-12, 1:56pm
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OY does nice things with Psyche too.
These are all Psyche over OY, just treated dufferently.
The front one is my favorite, struck in a very high HH flame right at the end makes the psyche bloom beautifully. The OY turns a beautiful toasty brown inbetween.
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2010-04-12, 5:43pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ellyloo
I like to think of OY as a striking colour.
At first, i was all stressed out trying to get the colour because it was so washed out, but as soon as I put it out of my mind and worked on other things, it blushed right pretty.
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Last time I played with it, I discovered it was a slightly oxidising flame which would make it blush - or reducing can't remember which. Can't play with it again for another few weeks since I am torchless while I am in NZ.
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2010-04-12, 8:32pm
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Classic combo - OY copper green and EDP.
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Yup, classic. I like how the EDP and OY react to form an orange section.
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