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My clear frit pulls used to be cloudy until I started pre-heating the cullet for 30 seconds.
The difference was night and day after just one weekend of trying it. Anyone else have a simple trick for getting cleaner color melts?
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riley_ramirez815mo ago
But what if the cloudiness is part of the charm?
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kelly_henderson833mo ago
Huh, that "cloudiness is part of the charm" thing... I never thought of it that way but it got me thinking. Maybe the cloudiness isn't a flaw but actually the glass reacting to the metal oxides settling differently during the firing cycle. I had a batch of peacock green that came out looking almost sea glass once, all hazy and soft, and I honestly liked it more than the clear versions I tried later. It gave it this old, weathered look that felt way more authentic than something perfect.
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the_mila5mo ago
Yeah, my friend Sarah had the same issue with her cobalt blue. It kept coming out streaky and dull. She started mixing a tiny bit of clear frit into the color batch before loading it, just a pinch. The next piece came out so much more even, like a solid sheet of color. What colors are you working with right now?
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