help, i'm stuck,

[burnoutboy]

just wondering who all does this:

when I make I/O seed beads, i do my seeds first, then melt down, open back up, then fume.

i find you get great seeds, and a good soild fume.

am i going about this the LONG way????

Help!

[Firekist]

what's a seed bead? (and i thought it was kinda funny when someone asked what a kettle bub was)

i'll prolly look them up some other time =)

z--seth

[burnoutboy]

a kettle bub????

[burnoutboy]

seed bead i.e. a bead w/ the seed tech.

[SteppingRazor]

I've heard very tiny beads called seed beads. usally they are'nt made of glass.
~joe

[Sol]

never say a seed tech done.......sounds seedy..but anyway as llong as you start with good seeds ya cant go wrong....

[Fire on the mountain]

by seeds, do you just mean dots?? are you talking about doing an inside out bead with dots? if so, yeah, your doing too many steps. you can lay down your dots and then fume right away, then close it up and collapse...make sure its all melted in on the inside or itll crack on you...

if this isnt what your talking about maybe you should ellaborate on what the seed technique is

[Julian]

Seed Beads (http://www.thebeadsite.com/MUSSB-01.html)? They usually are made from glass, in Czech or Japan. A long tube is drawn out, they're machine cut and polished to precision on a tiny scale (these beads are 1-2 mm).

Now, the seed technique: I have no idea what that means.

[Greymatter Glass]

Hey burnout boy, ignore these jokers.

Have you triple blown the bead before you insert the seed?

I prefer poppy, but most people use sesame.... just don't use mustard seeds - bad voodoo.

-Doug

[Tzonis]

Doug,
Thanks for that info on the mustard seeds. It explains alot, I will stop using them immediately.


-tz

[christopher]

Seriously, what's a seed technique?

[Julian]

it must just be dots on the inside?
Theres no need to close it up, melt in, reopen and fume.
Just put in the dots, then fume, then close it and melt it in.
Maybe you will get better results from the way you are already doing it, who knows.
Give it a try both ways.

[burnoutboy]

by seeds, do you just mean dots?? are you talking about doing an inside out bead with dots? if so, yeah, your doing too many steps. you can lay down your dots and then fume right away, then close it up and collapse...make sure its all melted in on the inside or itll crack on you...

if this isnt what your talking about maybe you should ellaborate on what the seed technique is

nope, you hit it right on the head.

[burnoutboy]

Hey burnout boy, ignore these jokers.

Have you triple blown the bead before you insert the seed?

I prefer poppy, but most people use sesame.... just don't use mustard seeds - bad voodoo.

-Doug

yeah, i'm gonna have to go w/ poppys as well!! *nung*

[bernynhel]

Way long dude!!! Always, always, always...no wait...NEVER do the seeds first before melting down and opening back up and fume between EVERY step!!! That can't be right!! Hey,. how far north?