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bashing up glass

updated fri 31 jan 97

 

F. Melville on tue 28 jan 97

I put my stained glass scraps (friend's leftovers) into a strong
plastic bag previously containing clay or chemicals and then hammer the bag.
If you use an open bowl you will have glass fragments flying all over the
place. You must cover the glass. I use some fingernail-sized pieces and
some more finely crushed. I tried to sort them out by colour, but
everything eventually ended up in the same box and I just fish out different
fragments as needed.
Francoise
F. Melville
Indalo Pottery
P.O. Box 95
Port Edward, B.C.
Canada V0V 1G0

Email:fmelvill@mail.kaien.com

Joan Drizin on wed 29 jan 97

At what temp. do you fire your work with glass in it? You can use marbles
too can't you?

Joanie in Indy

Margaret Arial on wed 29 jan 97

Perhaps you should also consider wearing gloves and goggles to be on the safe
side.

Andrew S Lubow on fri 31 jan 97

If you cover the glass in the bowl with water it will help keep glass
shards from flying out of it
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"Live every day like it was your last. Some day you'll be right!!"
Benny Hill


On Tue, 28 Jan 1997 07:03:06 EST "F. Melville"
writes:
>----------------------------Original
>message----------------------------
> I put my stained glass scraps (friend's leftovers) into a
>strong
>plastic bag previously containing clay or chemicals and then hammer
>the bag.
>If you use an open bowl you will have glass fragments flying all over
>the
>place. You must cover the glass. I use some fingernail-sized pieces
>and
>some more finely crushed. I tried to sort them out by colour, but
>everything eventually ended up in the same box and I just fish out
>different
>fragments as needed.
> Francoise
>F. Melville
>Indalo Pottery
>P.O. Box 95
>Port Edward, B.C.
>Canada V0V 1G0
>
>Email:fmelvill@mail.kaien.com
>