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You'll find a full selection of my glass frit in jars and refills at my sister's site~ valcoxfrit.com
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Scroll below to read a detailed summary of the contents:
An index and heading summary of the contents:
Frit Secrets—Condensed: A Flameworker’s Guide to Using Reactive Glass Frits
INTRODUCTION
FURNACE BLOWN GLASS, Saturation, Furnace Blown Glass—Color Bars
FRIT MANUFACTURERS, Reichenbach/Kugler, Zimmermann, Gaffer
FRIT GRIND SIZES, Frit Comparison by Size, Powder (Talc #000), Fine Grind #00, Grind Size #0, Grind Size #1, Grind Size #2, Grind Size #3, Grind Size #4
FRIT TYPES, Transparent Frits, Opaque Frits
APPLYING FRIT, Spoon Over Dish, Frit Trays, Line of Frit on a Marver, Sprinkle, Tweezers, Core Wrap
GLASS SCIENCE, COE/Expansion & Contraction, Mixing COE’s—The 5% Rule, Melting Points & Viscosity, Glass Formulatins & Oxides, Leaded Glass
BASE GLASS with FRITS, Furnace Glass Cane (96coe), Furnace Glass Clear (96coe), Uroboros (6coe), Effetre/Moretti (104coe), Bullseye (90coe)
BASIC PREPARATION, Cleaning Clear Cane, Rough Cane Ends, Creating a Test Paddle, Pulling Stringers from Frit
ESSENTIAL TOOLS & EQUIPMENT, Torch--Surface Mix / Premix, Hot Head Torch with Frits, Kilns, Marver, Hotplate, Ventilation System, Mask/Respirator
PRECIOUS METALS with FRIT, Silver, Gold & Palladium, Silver Reactions, Burnishing, Silver Applications, Silver Over Frit,
FRIT TECHNIQUES, Faux Boro, Painting as with a Brush, Sugar Beads, Shards, Design Basics,
FLAME SETTINGS, Oxidizing Flame, Neutral Flame, Reduction Flame, How to Reduce for Metallic Effect, Reducing with the Right Glass
ANNEALING, Annealing Schedule, Bead Glow, Frit Beads Touching in Kiln, Batch Annealing
COLOR REVIEW, Warm and Cool Colors, Pink, Red, Violet, Blue, Blue-Green, Green, Yellow, Iris Gold, Orange, Black, White, Brown, Color-Shift Opaques, All About Raku, Base Glass for Raku
FRIT BLENDS--Techniques
TROUBLE SHOOTING COMMON MISTAKES, Using too Much Frit, Reactive Frits on a Reactive Base, Blending Complementary Colors, Incorrect Flame Adjustment, Over-Reducing, Devitrificaton, Surface Pitting, Thermal Cracking, Incompatibility Cracking.
A sampling of a few of the spreads follows:
New edition!
Retail price is $29.95.
Shipping is $2.25--USA / $2.75--Canada / $6.50--International.
Each book hand signed by Val Cox.
I really love this new version. While I've condensed, clarified and tightened the writing, I've also expanded the how-to technique sections, updated with many new colors plus quite a few new bead images. I know you'll love it!
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