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Boro
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11.68% |
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Satake
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0.38% |
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COE 104
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77.40% |
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COE 96
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3.77% |
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COE 90
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6.40% |
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Other
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2006-11-05, 6:02pm
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phrit phreak
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Join Date: Nov 18, 2005
Location: in the Loess Hills of Iowa
Posts: 2,045
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104 and a little bullseye
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2006-11-05, 6:02pm
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Sep 06, 2005
Location: Washington State
Posts: 564
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I was 104 mostly but now Boro.I still use 104 but mostly use Boro.
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2006-11-05, 6:08pm
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Bead Imp
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Join Date: Jun 23, 2005
Location: Under a Little Rock
Posts: 1,132
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104 here. I've never even tried any of the others. Some day...
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2006-11-05, 8:08pm
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Butterfly Rancher
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Join Date: May 08, 2006
Location: Colorado newbie
Posts: 5,827
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For fusing, which I started about 5 years ago, I have COE 90 & 96.
I started torching last January and all my rods are COE 104. Now, of course, I keep thinking of ways to combine fusing and torchwork so I have cut some strips from my sheet glass to use at the torch... but there's also Satake and Boro to try...
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2006-11-05, 8:34pm
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Jun 21, 2005
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 4,629
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I'm mainly 104 for beads, but as I fuse as well my sheets are bullseye so I have some rods in that as well. I also have 96 - love some of the colors, and a small selection of Satake (because of the colors) which I haven't had the courage to try out yet!
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2006-11-05, 9:02pm
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MacGalver
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Join Date: Oct 15, 2006
Posts: 9,927
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104 has enough variety to have kept me busy and intrigued for .... sheesh like 13 years now. I've always been curious about other glass, but I don't really wanna open up that floodgate!
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2006-11-05, 11:41pm
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I'm a lilac!
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Join Date: Jun 09, 2005
Location: Portland, Oregon
Posts: 8,793
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I use anything I can melt.  but I think that I mostly use 90, then 33, then 96, then 104, then 120.
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2006-11-06, 12:44am
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Boro Brat
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Join Date: Sep 09, 2005
Location: Maine
Posts: 3,732
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I'm mostly a boro girl, but sometimes I play with moretti or bullseye just for fun I want to start playing with some sculpting in moretti soon and see where that goes, but I think my true love will always be boro...I love the colors and the stiffness of the glass and I LOVE that when I make hollow things I can coil-wrap right over the end of a tube and don't have to mess with mandrels at ALL!! YAY 
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2006-11-06, 10:36am
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Sep 15, 2005
Location: Little Country Town
Posts: 4,015
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Well, I've recently come over to the dark side so right now, I'm boro all the way... lol
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2006-11-06, 10:40am
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Type ZZZ personality
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Join Date: Aug 15, 2005
Location: Chicago western 'burbs
Posts: 5,528
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Mostly 104 and boro but I do use Bullseye and 96 sometimes too. I want it alll!!!!
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Lynx with 2 5-lpm oxycons
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2006-11-06, 11:24am
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Button Queen
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Join Date: Jun 13, 2005
Location: Goshen, IN
Posts: 2,854
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I started out with Effetre (104) because that's what the teacher taught with. And the price was right.
But this summer I got the Bullseye Studio Pack and I LOVE it! Definatley the way to go. So I see myself gradually working through my 104 and going to mainly 90.
Although I just did buy a Uroboros sampler pack - yup, another COE - 96!
This really needed to be a multiple choice question...! LOL!
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2006-11-06, 5:49pm
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Guera loca
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Join Date: Sep 13, 2005
Location: Philadelphia, PA, longing for sunny México
Posts: 1,715
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I use mostly 104, but also play with ALL of the others.
Thank goodness for colored nail polish or I'd never tell them all apart. I think I'm up to 8 different color codes for marking now.
I need professional help. <sigh>
Barb
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2006-11-07, 10:55am
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Lady Firebird
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Join Date: Jun 14, 2005
Location: Marietta, GA USA
Posts: 284
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So far mostly 104, but I do some with Bullseye and am just venturing into boro.
So much glass, so little time...
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GTT Scorpion torch & Regalia oxycon
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2006-11-07, 1:49pm
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ManBearPig
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Join Date: Jun 28, 2005
Location: Roanoke, VA
Posts: 8,540
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All boro, all the time...
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2006-11-08, 10:06am
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HourGlass Studio
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Join Date: Jun 12, 2005
Location: Canada
Posts: 2,807
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I "was" 104 coe, dabbled with 96 and 90 coe.....but recently soft glass just doesnt excite me like boro does. I am in LOVE with boro.
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2006-11-08, 11:13am
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Senior Member
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Join Date: May 21, 2006
Location: Cincinnati
Posts: 2,807
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I answered 90, because I will be starting, and getting the studio pack next month. We're working on a studio area this month. So no glass yet, but I plan on BE primarily.
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2006-11-08, 10:23pm
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Skeptical Optimist
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Join Date: Apr 02, 2006
Location: Riverside, CA
Posts: 656
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I too have been bitten by the boro bug  I love it, it's all I think about besided my hubby, and I fantasize about new colors to save up for and all the things that can be done on my 8M... Plus these forums are the first stop I make when I go online. That all adds up to one happy boro obsession, I am in love, deep love, with boro glass. Hopelessly lost to the dark side! 
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Patrice & Paul, Running a Mirage and Barracuda on a Pro-8.
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2006-11-09, 12:34am
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I've got goodies!
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Join Date: Mar 04, 2006
Location: Altamonte Springs, FL
Posts: 274
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Originally Posted by janakisses
I am so dense sometimes....I get something stuck in my head and cannot get around it....for some reason I have it in my head Bullseye is 96 instead of 90 and I just bought all of Lynn's short twisties in 96 with nothing to use them on!
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Find out if they are 100% Reich/Kugler/Zimmerman/Gaffer with no Moretti or Uroboros mixed in. If they are, you can use them with BE. (5% rule)
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2006-11-09, 2:25am
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one day at a time
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Join Date: Jun 27, 2005
Location: We are MOVING!!!
Posts: 8,319
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104 for me, and I use a lot of 96 COE frits. I occasionally use Uroboros and Spectrum sheet glass. When I have the funds, I want the big BE studio stocking order, and of course, lots of boro.
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2006-11-09, 8:28am
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Jul 20, 2005
Location: Iowa
Posts: 959
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moretti, bullseye, uroboros, dabble with boro
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2006-11-09, 8:40am
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Sep 05, 2005
Posts: 263
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At this point, the most I have is in coe 104, since that's what I started with ten years ago. But I need a change so I recently got the BE studio pack as well as some Uroboros to use with frits. I love the BE colors but am waiting for my new generator before I start melting the new coe's. Hopefully next week I'll be good to go.
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2006-11-13, 4:50am
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Steph ~ glass fuser
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Join Date: Nov 10, 2006
Location: cheltenham, on the edge of the cotswolds (UK)
Posts: 153
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I use bullseye (90) as I'm a fuser - they have some fab colours. I keep meaning to try other brands but it's easier to stick to one coe when you have lots of scrappy bits than starting in a whole new coe you have to keep separate!
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2006-11-14, 4:14pm
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Sep 07, 2005
Location: Virginia. . .
Posts: 1,165
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Mostly 104 but am getting others. With all the frits available, want colors of rods with same COE as frits and not have to just use the frits judiciously on the 104.
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2006-11-14, 6:30pm
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Following my Dream
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Join Date: Jun 26, 2006
Location: Pensacola,Florida
Posts: 335
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Only thing I have used so far is COE 104 glass.I'm still on a HH though.Not alot that I can use.But I do love my HH and I'm happy to have any torch at this point.I'm ruined...hooked...addicted give me fire and glass and I'm a happy camper....lol
Margie
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2006-12-10, 7:04pm
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Meow is worse than Bite!
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Join Date: Jul 26, 2005
Location: Pa
Posts: 900
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104 but getting into 96 more. I like to use the beautiful frits with the 96.
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2006-12-11, 7:24am
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Junior Member
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Join Date: Dec 06, 2006
Location: Clermont, FL
Posts: 9
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mostly boro for me, the wife uses 104.
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2006-12-11, 11:41am
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Who, me?
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Join Date: May 30, 2006
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 97
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104 here.
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2006-12-11, 4:09pm
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Join Date: Jun 10, 2005
Location: Huntington Beach CA
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Bullseye here!
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2006-12-29, 10:07am
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Glass Addict
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Join Date: Oct 15, 2006
Location: Decatur, AL
Posts: 386
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I use 104 and 96 mostly. But have a few 90 rods too.
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2006-12-30, 6:30am
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In spite of it all!
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Join Date: Aug 19, 2005
Location: Bend Oregon
Posts: 4,724
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Mostly 104.... but I have been playing around with the others recently.
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