Cadmium powder

[hashmasta-kut]

tried to rep ya Boro.

Muph has good info, even if he is a dick.

[BORO]

I don't think murph is a dick, the truth is the truth. He rocks almost no opinion, just good info.

Some times it may be a different way to skin the cat, but what works works.

I gave him rep for that post.

I use a high oxy flame. I have had long conversations with color producers, they seem to think keeping the glass in a highly oxidized state will keep it happier longer... Un-burnt fuel in the flame can pull o2 from the glass itself, changing a lot of factors. If you work far enough out on a reducing flame , the combustion is much more complete. (most colors,most of the time)

Then you have color that likes a reducing flame like slyme for example.

Murph and I use totally different torches as well, I will be the first to admit any flame can work if you use it right.

lots to factor in, I still took the finger grease comment as a thing I never considered. (+1)

[hashmasta-kut]

He isn't a dick to you, and I didn't say he posted like a dick here.

He hates me pretty sure.

He has been quite rude to me on this forum, no biggie, just saying

[jr23]

But this op is working powder not Rod

Muph is all about stroking and cleaning some rod !

The best tip have for working powder is go slow .

Lay your pile bigger than needed .

Heat your rod or tube and then roll into powder to get a light layer .

Melt in slow at back of flame then repeat .



I guess if you had some kind of tray you could pre heat your powder in kiln .

I would be afraid I would nock it over and have cad powder all over

[D. dino i ninjah]

is hmk .. talking about someone else being purposfully rude to him ? aww ..

[D. dino i ninjah]

I just wouldn't try to work cad powders . . unless your like making enamal out of them . .
fwiw .. if it was easy to do .. you would see a lot more people doing it .. I work cads .. with my outer oxy creating blue lines in the flame and me center . propane almost off . .( i turn it to off.. then crack it ) .. its only been in the last couple years that I can surface work cads .. also adujusting your regs . .at like 50 to 5 on a cc .. will keep your flame oxidized and thus force it to run cooler ..