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2007-02-09, 10:21am
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R-200-C
Hi All,
I just tried using Reichenbach's R-200-C which is light copper ruby transparent. The cane is a lovely light copper colour, very transparent. What I got out of the kiln is black! Is there a secret to this glass to keep the original colour? I really want to keep it the colour of the cane.
I was using a neutral flame on my bobcat but it did get pretty hot as i was making hollows.....
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Leslie
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2007-02-09, 10:55am
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Copper Ruby, from my experience, is VERY dark! A little goes a long way and because it's so intense, it's best used as a top color that you let spread out. A solid bead -- like a spacer bead -- made out of copper ruby would appear black. You could try R-200 Copper Ruby Extra Light. It might be easier to work with color-wise BUT I don't think you'll get the light copper color you're searching for with copper ruby.
I've made some nice beads with Copper Ruby, so keep playing around with it!
Candy
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2007-02-09, 11:00am
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Also, if you use it with silver foil, that will help it show up better!
Candy
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2007-02-09, 11:27am
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thank you for that....beautiful beads. I will try that.
Leslie
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2007-02-10, 12:41pm
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That color is gorgeous! I want to try some now!
Where did you get it?
-Amy
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2007-02-10, 1:32pm
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Try making some cased stringers. That's what I do with all of my super-dark colors. Take a rod of clear, wrap about 2" with color, heat/melt it in, then pull it out to whatever thickness of stringer you want. Thins out the color really nicely.
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2007-02-10, 8:16pm
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Amy I got it from Olympic Colour Rods www.glasscolor.com
Click on Lampworking then on Reichenbach transparents. Its R-200-C
Leslie
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2007-02-23, 11:37am
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I was just looking at that color, because I was trying to figure out a question in the "copper ruby frit" thread. You want the color to be copper, but it's really RUBY. And super dense -- Karen's method sounds like the way to go, definitely.
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