Can anyone help me with red eyeball tech?

[FifDeez]

I've got a request to make a eyeball pipe but he wants one of them that turns bloodshot when you smoke outta it. I've seen this before but I don't know how its done.

[Swim]

I have never seen this effect myself. I am trying to figure out the tech that people use to monogram designs into fume

[CheeseNip]

He probably got fooled by that fake meme on FB. I'm sure a way can be figured out to simulate the effect using transparent reds, but will not be like the meme indicates.

[istandalone24/7]

that would be badassery....if somehow a color of glass could be made (in boro) that changes color at low temps, like less then 300f. most probably impossible...but it would be really cool for the smokeware industry.

[Greymatter Glass]

Oh snap, is it that time again already?

This is a super hetti technique that the old schoolers won't teach you, probably should get on facebook and ask in every group and see if someone will break ranks and tell you how it's done.

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I kid. It's not real. You're probably better off telling the guy, but he probably won't believe you because he saw it on the internet, so it has to be real. It's not like he's going to get it from someone else, so you're not losing a sale. Worst case, someone will lie to him and say they can make it, take his money, and never deliver - don't be that guy.

[FifDeez]

Ya I was wondering myself If it was true. But doesn't hurt to ask they make crazy new stuff everyday

[FifDeez]

I'll just tell him to expect my normal eyeballs pipes then

[Nuka Glass]

that would be badassery....if somehow a color of glass could be made (in boro) that changes color at low temps, like less then 300f. most probably impossible...but it would be really cool for the smokeware industry.

Wait. Hold up. I have a slide bowl that did change color as I used it more and more. It started off clear, then I think it started developing red lines, the lines created boxes and the boxes started to fill in with white, and finally a blue tint was added to the edges of each box.

How was that done!? I have seen the thing change color in my hand, before my very eyes.

[CheeseNip]

I thought I had a slide that had some color changing lines it it when I was around 16. Could have sworn I had watched it change color, but it never did. Gotta be your eyes playing tricks on you. I'm guessing really subtle fuming, or a translucent color that kind of hid some color within itself until it filled in. That's what mine did.

[Nuka Glass]

No. I mean this thing was solid clear. No design what so ever. Guy in the shop told me it changed colors when I bought my bong. And he didn't lie, it did change colors. No eye tricks, my old roommate also so it changing too. I'll have to take a pic of it....when it is clean

[CheeseNip]

Hmm. I'd be interested to see the pics. Not that I don't believe you per say, but I feel like there has to be something else going on there. I've never heard of a legit, color changing boro, and have never known another lamp worker to know of such a thing either. I would think at least a few of us would know about it.

Edit: The way you describe it, it sounds like a fumed dot box, but would have to be extremely subtle to not see it at all when clean.

[yinzer]

Make 2 pieces and switch them out when he's not paying attention. Keep the magic alive like Santa Claus

[menty666]

I too heard the legend of the photoshop.

If I were foolhardy enough to attempt something, though, I'd coat clear in white and before it's cooked in do a little Sgraffito to carve out clear lines, so as the pipe's used, the lines take on a hue.

[Olhm]

Well, I was just going to pm skuzz & fif, didn't seem fair. Plus if I die tomorrow I'd like people to remember good things about my name, for my kids sake!

Color changing eye's:
1: Thin layer of white, so the "primer" coat can actually deepen the red
2: pull very short, angel hair thin stringer (I use ruby)
3: with very small flame, use residual heat to apply stringer (make it push on without gouging white, it will look like real veins, due to stringer size it will apply very sporadically)
4: pull another short stringer as thin as you can (off of eye, or whatever's hot & ready) & repeat until desired effect is achieved. The red should look thin & almost see through after applied
5: add pupils & whatever else.

Ethan Olhm Ochampaugh

[Joe Userton]

Is there any reason this couldn't be done with temperature reactive paint over a finished glass eye?

I know I remember all sorts of coffee mugs that had this kind of paint on them, could you not use it with boro?

[Olhm]

Takes a degree of torch & stringer control. It looks baahmb though. IMO, fif can pull it off

[FifDeez]

Ya olhm that's about the path customer and I have chosen to go with on this one. Thanks for input guys.