#75 Investment Mix for Fused Glass
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- Опубліковано 16 кві 2019
- This is a quick look at Investment Mix. I take you along as I try it for the first time. I purchased this from the 2019 Glass Craft & Bead Expo at the Glass Campus/Victorian Art Glass/Master Artisan booth. You can see their booth & examples for using Investment Mix in the expo video, "2019 Glass Craft & Bead Expo" on UA-cam.
You can see tutorials for Investment Mix on www.GlassCampus.com. Click on "Tutorials" and scroll to the bottom to the "Glass Crab Tutorial" & Glass Gecko Tutorial (you'll see pictures of the crab & gecko to click on). Dennis Brady explains other ways to use Investment Mix.
I originally had over 1 hr 15 min of video that I trimmed down to less than 15 min. You're welcome! :-)
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#75 Investment Mix for Fused Glass
Susan great ideas thanks for sharing your experiments and all the info, your great!!!!!
I'm learning a lot about fused glass, and beginning to learn about making jewelry with it. I love it!
THANK YOU, SUSAN! This is precisely the information that I needed in order to make my own custom texture molds for my glass projects. 3 weeks of researching and I finaly landed here😁 Also, dont feel bad for longer videos where you digress with many ideas. This is the perfect kind of video to help others to not repeat the same mistakes (like the ceramic molds) thank you so much!
I love your thought process for ideas....Squirrel! I am not alone. Lol Learned to much from you, thanks so much :)
The clock idea was genius! I love it! I got your name from capt Mike and he was right, you are grea! Thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing. I am super excited to try this product! :-)
Great video! Thank you!
I would like that face clock. That's really neat.
Didn't know you could add anything to plaster to make this kind of mold. I use LOTS of plaster for making ceramic molds. I'll have to try this!
Hope i can this from over here, love to play with that
I want to make color wall bud vases thanks for the video decorations just for rooting
How cool is the key inside the heart!
Hi Susan I think you got to add a medium to the gold powder.
As always, very informative and great ideas, thank you! I just visited Victorian Art Glass and they don't offer anything by this exact name, Investment Mix. They offer Casting Compound, Pottery Plaster, and Silica. Do you know if the Casting Compound is the same thing as the Investment Mix you used here, just renamed? Appreciate your insight.
That is really neat. Could you fuse it again though like with frit added in the empty spaces of the glass or would that ruin the investment mix shape that was created? - Heidi
BlackCat2 that sounds like a great idea. Try & let us know!
Love this!
How did you finish that heart/key pendant? What is on the sides?
Kim Valentine Colorful Spirits Art Studio I used sparkly strips from the scrapbooking area. Check out my video “#70 Living On The Edge”
Love this video....Can you do a video on how to use a manual kiln? How do you use a schedule with a manual kiln?
Sweetie Locs that video would be very short. It would be just me telling you to buy a digital programmer. I started with an infinite switch kiln. I ruined just about everything until I got a digital programmer. They can be pricey but can be used on many kilns (1at a time). Or you can buy a new or used kiln with a digital programmer built in. Check Craigslist for a great deal on a used kiln. And if you’re tech savvy you can set an alert on Craigslist to be notified when someone posts a kiln. 😁
@@SusanMcGarryGlass, Ok thanks. I'm gonna start looking at purchasing a programmer or a new kiln.
A solution of baking soda and water will break down plaster of paris it might work to get the investment out of the hard mold. I use it to dissolve my used home made plaster molds.
Andrea Wofford Thank you!!!
Did you have to use any sort of release agent on the plaster/silica flour parts?
Capt Mike no need for a release agent.
@@SusanMcGarryGlass Thanks Susan. I have sourced a couple pounds of silica flour so I will try to mix some of this stuff up!
@@CaptMike Where did you find silica flour? I keep getting results for diatomaceous earth. Are they the same?
Your ceramics mold... would your plaster of Paris still have to be dug out if you used kiln wash in your mold first?
Hi Susan
So with the investment mix you don’t have to pre fire it and were could I buy from
I’m in Australia xx
Maree Dawson yes, no need to prefire the pieces because after firing they become brittle. Investment mix might not be available in Australia but you should be able to find the ingredients at a store where potters buy their clay.
ive ordered the investment from Delphi. need to ask a question.. will making a flat disk(carving out a leaf shape) for using in a vitriograph kiln work
It's like crepes batter! Now I'm kinda hungry 🤔🤗
Susan
I love your videos!!
I tried this and the mix stuck to all the glass....what did i do wrong.. i used "Perfect Cast"
Jill Groves I’m not familiar with Perfect Cast. Maybe they have different directions. I had a few stick but I was able to chip them out because the investment mix becomes fragile after fusing. For extreme sticking I can even soak the pieces in water to help dissolve the investment mix pieces.
@@SusanMcGarryGlass Thanx Susan. I switched to silica and plaster of Paris...no sticking!!
I'm having trouble sourcing the investment mix, or the silica flour. Help?
Joeann Knehr I believe Bullseye Glass sells it but you can also make it. You can get the silica flour usually where they sell potters clay & the plaster is easy to find.
A silly question, does silica flour has other name? Thanks
Bill from London UK
Bill Chavez not a silly question. Silica is one of the materials in glaze & claybody for potters. It provides the melting or glassifying agents in a claybody that allow the material to fuse together. It’s also known as flint & quartz. So to find it I’d suggest calling a store that sells clay to potters and ask for silica flower and if they don’t know it by that name tell them what it does and maybe they can tell you what they call it. Best of luck.
Hi, Susan. I'm beginning to fuse glass and I have a project in mind. I want to make a glass arrowhead that imitates obsidian glass. I'm thinking about making a two-part mold and I'm looking for a material that I can use in my microwave kiln and which withstands the temperature and can hold the glass inside the mold. Can you help me? I'm becoming a little desperate here because I've used several materials and nothing.. Thank you very much for your videos.😊😊
Josué your project has a few challenges. Making a 2 part mold that can withstand not only high temperatures but the extremes of a microwave kiln are going to be difficult. Many experienced fusers don’t know how to do this. I would recommend going into the Glass Campus group on Facebook and post a question to Dennis Brady. He’s an expert at making low cost molds. 😁
All right, I'll do that! Thank you very much, Susan. 😊
Hi, Susan. Sorry to bother you again. I have one question: Is it possible to melt glass in the microwave kiln to the point it's liquid? Have you tried it? I know glass never reaches a state in which it's "runny". But can you get to the point of being able to pour it into a lost wax cast? Thank you so much for your help! 😊
Josue check out this video. ua-cam.com/video/5EKVM_iq3bU/v-deo.html
You don't have to use mold release?
Do you have to coat the forms so they don't fuse with glass?
Wendy Gliddon you don’t have to use any type of kiln wash on Investment mix pieces. They naturally don’t stick to the glass.
Susan McGarry Glass thank you for the fast reply!! Love your videos!
And what do they charge for such a small container of investment? I've been running Bandust101 from glass-cast in the 50lb box. If kept dry, it will keep for a long time.
worldtraveler they only changed $20 and it will makes tons of stuff! I can always make it cheaper (if I want lots) but is was a cheap way to give it a try.
@@SusanMcGarryGlass 20bucks is fair enough. I think my 50lb box ran me about 70bucks with shipping. I'm using it to cast chunks of glass for a bronze lamp. Getting a shiny finish where glass touches the investment is proving to be a royal pain. I've learned there is ZERO out there on casting glass and the bozos I've talked to about it know ZIP. I feel like the last Mohican out here. Hey, quick questions for ya... have you ever tried flame polishing a chunk of glass with a torch? I've been casting my chunks, then refiring them to gloss them and of course>>>> slump happens. Not everyone wants slump. Would preheating just below softening point followed by a torch yield a shiny surface? After torching, I could quickly get it back in the kiln for anneal??? Sound plausible to you?
worldtraveler it sounds possible but it also sounds dangerous. Lol. Glass is so temperamental that I’d give it a try then check for stress. Maybe see how torchworkers (lampworkers) handle their glass. It’s a similar process.
@@SusanMcGarryGlass When ya have nothing, ya don't have much to lose. I'm going for it. Thanks.
Well, I tried it. Nothing dramatic happened, but I also didn't get the desired result. Do you know anything about mold mix 6 or 7? It doesn't look like your traditional cheapo silica/flour mix. It can be reused many times and they claim it yields a much shinier surface unlike the hazy finish left behind from silica/flour... Here's a link for ya. www.zrci.com/material/refractory-sheet-moldable-type-mold-mix-6-2/
Kent state glass video
A video i watched said to always use a dust mask love so you dont inhale the silica it stays in your lungs he said....