bead wire forum

Does anyone know how to get glass rod for beads to adhere to pure copper wire

Lurch , Monday, 9th of August 2010 05:32:00 AM

l am using pure copper wire in sculpture and would like to add some glass 
Lurch
accents to the ends of the 12 guage wire.The problem is that l can not get 
Registered User
the molten glass to take to the hot copper so l can spin and wrap it.The 
Joined: Friday, 21st of May 2010, 10:03:36
wire is clean and abraded and l have tried acid etching it also.Any advice 
Posts: 1840
would be greatly appreciated!
 
Viewed 4416 times
 
 
 
 
Top

Kristycakes , Tuesday, 10th of August 2010 12:12:48 AM

there is a flux that will help facilitate that check with  
Kristycakes
Philchuck in Washington state they have a vast amount of experimentation  
Registered User
going on and will be able to tell you specifically what it is yu need  
Joined: Saturday, 5th of June 2010, 04:51:10
good luck  
Posts: 1315
 
Viewed 2319 times
 
 
 
 
Top

Miss. Cali Sunshine , Wednesday, 11th of August 2010 05:47:32 AM

Watching the glass-spinner in the mall, I noticed that he used  
Miss. Cali Sunshine
a powder on the wire first. Try going to one of the glassblowing pages on  
Registered User
the net, I found numerous helpful sights by doing a search for glass  
Joined: Monday, 26th of April 2010, 04:07:37
jewels.  
Posts: 1335
 
Viewed 2121 times
 
 
 
 
Top

boo bear , Thursday, 12th of August 2010 03:24:27 AM

USE SUPERGLUE, its far easier than meting glass, same result.  
boo bear
LF  
Registered User
 
Joined: Wednesday, 5th of May 2010, 13:52:32
 
Posts: 378
 
Viewed 2184 times
 
 
Top

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: 4 guests