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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Bullseye Reactive Test Firing Again!


So, I did some tests with Bullseye reactive glasses a couple years ago, time for more... this time it’s French Vanilla, Dense White, Reactive Opal, and Reactive Ice, with a whole bunch of other stuff:




Fired in a 100 tile mosaic mould on the following program:

222°C/H to 538°C for 00:30
333°C/H to 816°C for 00:10
AFAP to 482°C for 2:00
56°C/H to 371°C for 00:01
AFAP to 15°C

So, extra fun is that the dense white boils at this temperature, I should do a test firing with it to see what temperature works without it boiling:


So, I got is out of the kiln this morning, and here's what I got:



There are some neat reactions! Horrah! and only a few of the dense white tiles stuck to the mold, which I was worried would happen with all of them.  I'll try using it with fibre paper next time, and see if that helps with the sticking.  There were no serious problems with Dense White used as an accent, just when it was used as a base, it sticks to the kiln wash like nobody's business (yes, now we know why Bullseye only makes it in flameworking rod now, and lists it as "Not recommended for kilnforming." Next time I'll turn the temperature down on the kiln.

For all the pictures, here's an album. I'm going to play more now. Below the jump is a chart of what was in which tile.

Bullseye Reactive Test Firing January 11 2012

Here's a table showing what's going on in each tile, woot!:

(FV) - French Vanilla
(DW) - Dense White
(SL) - Silver Leaf
(RO) - Reactive Cloud Opal
(RI) - Reactive Ice Clear
(CT) - Clear Tekta
1116 - Turquoise Blue Transparent
0305 - Salmon Pink Opal
1137 - Medium Amber Transparent
1305 - Sunset Coral
1417 - Emerald Green Transparent
1112 - Adventurine Green Transparent
1859 - Rhubarb Shift
Highlighted Colours are Frit


1
(FV)
Silver
11
(FV)
Silver
21
(DW)
Silver
31
(DW)
Silver
Red
41
(RO)
Silver
51
(CT)
(RO)
Silver
61
(RI)
Silver
71
(CT)
(RI)
(FV)
(DW)
81
(CT)
(FV)
Turquoise
91
(CT)
(FV)
2
(FV)
Turquoise
Silver
12
(FV)
Turquoise
Silver
22
(DW)
Turquoise
Silver
32
(DW)
Turquoise
Silver
42
(RO)
Turquoise
Silver
52
(CT)
(RO)
Turquoise
Silver
62
(RI)
Turquoise
Silver
72
(CT)
(RI)
(DW)
82
(CT)
(FV)
Turquoise
92
(CT)
(FV)
Silver
3
(FV)
Turquoise
13
(FV)
Turquoise
23
(DW)
Turquoise
33
(DW)
Turquoise
43
(RO)
Turquoise
53
(CT)
(RO)
Turquoise
63
(RI)
Turquoise
73
(CT)
(RI)
Turquoise
83
(CT)
Turquoise
93
(CT)
(FV)
Turquoise
Silver
4
(FV)
Salmon
14
(FV)
Salmon
24
(DW)
Salmon
34
(DW)
Red
44
(RO)
Salmon
54
(CT)
(RO)
Salmon
64
(RI)
Salmon
74
(CT)
(RI)
Salmon
84
(CT)
Salmon
94
(CT)
Salmon
5
(FV)
Amber
15
(FV)
Amber
25
(DW)
Amber
35
(DW)
Amber
45
(RO)
Amber
55
(CT)
(RO)
Amber
65
(RI)
Amber
75
(CT)
(RI)
Amber
85
(CT)
Amber
95
(CT)
Amber
6
(FV)
Coral
16
(FV)
Coral
26
(DW)
Coral
36
(DW)
Coral
46
(RO)
Coral
56
(RO)
Coral
66
(RI)
Coral
76
(RI)
Coral
86
(CT)
Coral
96
(CT)
Coral
7
(FV)
Emerald
17
(FV)
Emerald
Silver
27
(DW)
Emerald
37
(DW) 
Emerald
Silver
47
(RO)
Emerald


57
(RO)
Emerald
Silver
67
(RI)
Emerald
77
(RI)
Emerald
Silver
87
(CT)
Emerald
97
(CT)
Emerald
8
(FV)
Adventurine
18
(FV)
Adventurine
Silver
28
(DW)
Adventurine
38
(DW)
Adventurine
Silver
48
(RO)
Adventurine
Cell
58
(RO)
Adventurine
Silver
68
(RI) Adventurine
78
(RI)
Adventurine
Silver
88
(CT)
Adventurine
98
(CT)
Adventurine
9
(FV)
Rhubarb
Silver
19
(FV)
Rhubarb
29
(DW)
Rhubarb
39
(DW)
Rhubarb
Silver
49
(RO)
Rhubarb
59
(RO)
Rhubarb
Silver
69
(RI)
Rhubarb
79
(RI)
Rhubarb
Silver
89
(CT)
Rhubarb
99
(CT)

Rhubarb
10
(FV)
(DW)
20
(FV)
(DW)
30
(DW)
(FV)
40
(DW)
(FV)
50
(RO)
(FV)
60
(RO)
(DW)
70
(RI)
(DW)
80
(RI)
(FV)
90
(CT)
(DW)
Rhubarb
100
(CT)


1 comment:

  1. Ooh, pwetty!
    Neat interesting effects. The chemistry and optical interferometry and nano-reflective pyro effects behind all this are complex and fascinating. -Freekofnature

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