Glass Tips from Verrier

“I've cut wine bottles horizontally and want to keep the boat shape but round the cut edges. [Will a tack fuse firing]   do what I am ...

  One of the difficulties of coldworking is when to change grits. Checking the completeness of one grit grinding visually is difficult. It...

Sometimes the edge of a drop vase is chipped during the polishing process, or more frequently, during use. What to do?  Grind the edges do...

There is a suggestion that the glass being ground should be passed along the in the direction opposing the spin of the grinding bit. T...

Even though you think you have cut the glass exactly to size, it always seems that some adjustment is needed to areas of a piece to fit b...

When to replace the grinding head? An obvious time is when the grinding becomes much slower than previously.  Adjusting the bit up or d...

Pizza stone in use People frequently wonder if other materials than mullite can be used for kiln shelves.   Mullite is used for ...

An explanation of what devitrification is, can be found in the link. Mild devitrification is generally a smeary appearance on the sur...

If you want to go beyond cork in your polishing, cerium oxide will give an optical polish. You need to grind your glass at 800 or higher g...

As you pass from one grit to another, it is often difficult to tell if you have really removed the grinding marks from the previous grit. ...

What is it? When does it happen? Why does it happen? These are frequent questions. Dr. Jane Cook states that devitrification is not a categ...

When to Go to a Finer Grit on Belt Sander? If you change the direction the belt moves along the glass with each step it will be easier to ...

Polishing of glass can be done in the flame, in the kiln, by acids or by grinding with successively fine abrasives depending on the nature o...

In copper foiling, a considerable amount of work goes into getting the pieces to fit with just enough space to accommodate the copper foi...

Can I use a pizza stone or a tile for the shelf? Yes. but, you need to be consider how flat the stones are. Choose the flattes...

“Question-when cutting up a Screen Melt, using a tile saw. How do you NOT get devitrification when laying the slices cut sides up?” D...

We all at times take short cuts or economies which lead to less than desirable outcomes.  One of these is to piece together fibre paper. ...