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View Poll Results: Best cheap clear for bead guts?
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Effetre
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62.16% |
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Vetro
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29.73% |
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CiM
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Other
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2008-10-11, 1:07pm
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Fancy Mammal
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Best *cheap* clear - to be encased?
I'm looking to get some cheap clear to be "bead guts" - and wanted to know if there were cracking issues with any of the current lots of "basic" clear glasses... I've seen comments about this, but I know things can vary from batch to batch. Thanks!
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2008-10-12, 6:00am
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i use white (moretti or vetro) for bead guts too as it's cheap, nice and soft, and doesn't react with very much...
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2008-10-12, 8:23pm
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Fancy Mammal
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Thanks for the input, everyone!
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2008-10-12, 8:32pm
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I use Moretti and Vetro and haven't had cracking issues, either...
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2008-10-12, 8:41pm
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I've been using Precision lately, but I have to say...I have some old, large Effetre rods (8-10 mm) and they're really pretty good, even for encasing. They don't quite have the same brightness as Precision, but they're not scummy or bubbly, either.
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2008-10-14, 6:26am
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I voted effetre, but I'll use any cheap soft glass color that I don't like and I use up my shorts this way too... I mean the really shorts, like less than an inch (usually the pieces that pop off a rod if I put them in the flame too fast). I just keep feeding them onto the base with tweezers til the base is as big as I want.
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2008-10-14, 8:53am
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One point - don't use the effetre or Vetro clear under any of the silver glasses - there are compatibility with those and the silver glasses. Use white or something like that instead .
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2008-10-14, 12:52pm
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Fancy Mammal
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Thanks for the tips!
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2008-10-14, 1:25pm
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I use Effetre for cheap stuff. (Altough right now I have a great deal on Precision Odd Shape clear that is very cheap too..)
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2008-10-14, 4:13pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by squid
One point - don't use the effetre or Vetro clear under any of the silver glasses - there are compatibility with those and the silver glasses. Use white or something like that instead .
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Well I've just been using my old scummy eff and vetrofond doing just this ... ack!
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2008-10-15, 4:51am
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I actually use the transparent grey because it is stiffer than clear. Makes a great base if you are hiding it completely.
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2008-10-15, 5:44pm
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I vote for butt ends too... anything that scums, as I don't want to be picking bits off. I think all the old inch-long clear butts on my bench are Moretti (yes, that old, lol) and Vetro... and the early TAG clears that had too much air in them.
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2008-10-16, 8:56am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by squid
One point - don't use the effetre or Vetro clear under any of the silver glasses - there are compatibility with those and the silver glasses. Use white or something like that instead .
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Originally Posted by SadiesJewels
Well I've just been using my old scummy eff and vetrofond doing just this ... ack!
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I have always used cobalt or clear as a core under silver glass and never have compatibility issues, nor have I read about cracking with Effetre/Vetrofond clear. Did I miss something, Sigrid?
I don't like white because it's so soft . . . transparent glass makes for a better core for shaping large beads.
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2008-10-16, 10:17am
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Same here. I use 104 clear (Effetre or Vetro) under silver glass of all kinds and have had no compatibility issues, at least so far, knock wood. 
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2008-10-16, 3:50pm
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I came across an old post or two that mentioned "using X clear underneath, maybe that's why it cracked", but couldn't find anything in further searches. Wondered if it was a batch or the phases of the moon, so I thought I'd bug everyone with *yet* *another* clear question
And the comments about the stiffness are helpful too 
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