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Old 2009-12-31, 10:08am
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Default What do you do with boro powder?

I was wondering what boro people do with the boro powder. I bought some and wondered what to do with it.

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Old 2009-12-31, 12:40pm
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you can back pendants with it. you can roll a gather in it and pull out a stringer. you can roll a hot bead in it and encase. anything you can do with frit you can do with powder. what colors did you buy?
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Old 2009-12-31, 1:15pm
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I bought all kinds, about 12 different.

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Old 2009-12-31, 1:29pm
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Seal of an end of a tube....pour some power in...heat nice and easy. -> instant colored tubing.
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Old 2009-12-31, 6:18pm
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Just make sure you have really good ventilation too. Powder's fun, but it moves in the air easily.
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Old 2009-12-31, 6:22pm
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Here's an example of what can be done with powders

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQJv-CGQDYU
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Boro powder is great for lots of applications. One of my favorites is to roll a piece of clear in powder a few times and create coloring tubing for pennies on the dollar. I quit coil potting (for the most part) after discovering powder. It is highly volatile though, by that I mean it gets airborne very easily and can destroy your lungs as well as a number of other respiratory issues. I usually transfer powder wearing a ventilator and carefully spoon it into the frit tray. I'd say above all just be smart when handing powder!
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my son adds just enough water to make it the constituency of clay and then puts it in one section of a cardboard egg carton container to remove some of the water and then carves it. when finished carving he fires it. looks like raku pottery, it's beautiful. i have two of his pieces and will see if i can take pics and put them up on here.
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I use a lot of powder. This piece is amber tubing with silver strike 5 powder. This was my first vessel ever so no making fun of the lip...

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Old 2010-01-03, 12:30pm
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Looks good Cosmo!

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Old 2010-01-03, 6:35pm
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I use them for all sorts of things here is a fish i made after a class with Robert Mickelsen where we explored powder a bit. I also use it for pendant backs. that vase is beautiful cosmo!
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