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Glass Color Information
Search enough of the web to find glass color that I can make myself
but didn't find anything useful. What metal / metal oxide do you use for make glass colors like Red, Blue, Green. Any help or pointers on the net would be appreciated. Thanks. |
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You could look at http://www.glassworksservices.co.uk/ . I couldn't see
the information with a quick look at the web site but they did have a table of colours / materials / conditions in their 1st February 2005 newletter. I not on the website maybe they would provide it by email. Amit Agarwal wrote: Search enough of the web to find glass color that I can make myself but didn't find anything useful. What metal / metal oxide do you use for make glass colors like Red, Blue, Green. Any help or pointers on the net would be appreciated. Thanks. |
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this site lists a few metal oxides and what color they produce:
http://www.ihbc.org.uk/context_archi...louring_s3.htm I hope that helps, Kevin "Amit Agarwal" wrote in message om... Search enough of the web to find glass color that I can make myself but didn't find anything useful. What metal / metal oxide do you use for make glass colors like Red, Blue, Green. Any help or pointers on the net would be appreciated. Thanks. |
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The easiest way to get this info is to look at glazes for pottery.
Here is minimal glass information with some links to more info http://users.ticnet.com/mikefirth/color.htm Adding color chemicals to a basic glass formula can change the COE and other characteristics, so it is more than just throwing a chemical in. Further, getting the same color each time, if that is what you want, can be exciting. -- Mike Firth Hot Glass Bits Furnace Working Website http://users.ticnet.com/mikefirth/hotbit47.htm Latest notes "Amit Agarwal" wrote in message om... Search enough of the web to find glass color that I can make myself but didn't find anything useful. What metal / metal oxide do you use for make glass colors like Red, Blue, Green. Any help or pointers on the net would be appreciated. Thanks. |
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Thanks for you links guys .. but still I need more info.
like for making red, i need copper but some mention selenium .. even for blue or green - what are the alternatives to cobalt ? Thank you so much |
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From the glassworksservices data
Colour Variation Material Conditions Red Ruby Se + CdS not in PbO glass Reduced + on reheating Au Copper antique ruby Cu2O Reduced + on reheating Red violet MnO2 + Se Oxidised Wine red Nd2O3 + Se Not oxidised Blue Blue CuO & CoO Blue (viloet tint) CoO Sky blue CuO Blue green Fe2O3 + CoO, Cu0 + Cr2O3, FeO Green I'm not going to type the following 14 combination of elemental oxides in for varying green colours at the moment I suggest you contact www.glassworksservcies.co.uk Digit wrote: Thanks for you links guys .. but still I need more info. like for making red, i need copper but some mention selenium .. even for blue or green - what are the alternatives to cobalt ? Thank you so much |
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There are lots and lots of sources of information, which require that you
spend time learning about the mixes that make colors and how the mixes are affected by the base glass. You haven't even told us what base glass you want to do this with. Red is the hardest color to make and to make behave when you use it. People who succeed may build an entire company or product line around it - for example Blenko's cranberry. If a perfectly good red mix is mishandled, you end up with kind a muddy brown called liver. -- Mike Firth Hot Glass Bits Furnace Working Website http://users.ticnet.com/mikefirth/hotbit47.htm Latest notes "Digit" wrote in message ups.com... Thanks for you links guys .. but still I need more info. like for making red, i need copper but some mention selenium .. even for blue or green - what are the alternatives to cobalt ? Thank you so much |
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i would be using Borosilicate Glass.
What terms do I use to search for glass color making techniques on google. I always end up on commercial sites which sell colors but very few sites that actually say what proportion of oxides/metals to use for different colors. thank you so much Mike Firth wrote: There are lots and lots of sources of information, which require that you spend time learning about the mixes that make colors and how the mixes are affected by the base glass. You haven't even told us what base glass you want to do this with. Red is the hardest color to make and to make behave when you use it. People who succeed may build an entire company or product line around it - for example Blenko's cranberry. If a perfectly good red mix is mishandled, you end up with kind a muddy brown called liver. -- Mike Firth Hot Glass Bits Furnace Working Website http://users.ticnet.com/mikefirth/hotbit47.htm Latest notes "Digit" wrote in message ups.com... Thanks for you links guys .. but still I need more info. like for making red, i need copper but some mention selenium .. even for blue or green - what are the alternatives to cobalt ? Thank you so much |
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"Digit" wrote in message ups.com... i would be using Borosilicate Glass. What terms do I use to search for glass color making techniques on google. I always end up on commercial sites which sell colors but very few sites that actually say what proportion of oxides/metals to use for different colors. thank you so much This is the information that companies are based on, no formula, no company. you will be hard pressed for anyone to give you the precise information that you want. You MUST read, study and experiment and put in the sweat equity to create that which you seek. There is no answer to your question. |
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"Mike Firth" wrote in message ... There are lots and lots of sources of information, which require that you spend time learning about the mixes that make colors and how the mixes are affected by the base glass. You haven't even told us what base glass you want to do this with. Red is the hardest color to make and to make behave when you use it. People who succeed may build an entire company or product line around it - for example Blenko's cranberry. If a perfectly good red mix is mishandled, you end up with kind a muddy brown called liver. -- Mike Firth Hot Glass Bits Furnace Working Website http://users.ticnet.com/mikefirth/hotbit47.htm Latest notes "Digit" wrote in message ups.com... Thanks for you links guys .. but still I need more info. like for making red, i need copper but some mention selenium .. even for blue or green - what are the alternatives to cobalt ? Thank you so much Some reds are made with Gold Kitty |
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