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How do I anneal a small jewelry piece that I have tack fused? When I tack fuse my jewelry components they are so fragile that I can not even wire wrap them without breakage.

@ Lynne S. Are you fusing your two trees together before you slump them? Are you getting a hazy line around the edges of your glass? It may be that your grinder is leaving residue around the edges of your piece. Either wash you piece very thoroughly using a scrub brush or rubbing alcohol. If you must grind we offer a new line of bits that doesn't leave residue. They're called Durabits and that might help.

Use COPPER PATINA on your ZINC to make it the Ultimate Black. Sounds weird, I know but it works beautifully!

Thank you Jennifer. We figured out some of our problems. However the edges of the glass after slumping are still a little rough. I held at 1250 for 10 mins. Do you think we are grinding the edges too much or does it need to sit longer. We ramped up slowly and cooled slowly. We are using the christmas tree mold and system 96 glass.

@Kathy C. before using the wood framing you should always use a rigid came on the outside of your panel for strenth. The 1/4" Zinc Came (item #8606) will fit snugly inside the channel of your wood framing stock.

@debslou you can certainly use frit in your microwave kiln, though I've yet to try it in mine, but - especially with powder - it would be difficult to fuse it to itself. Try putting the powder on a small piece of glass and you should see better results. If you're still struggling get in touch with our contact center and they'll come to me to help you troubleshoot. Good luck and have fun!

I just purchased wood framing from Delphi. I inserted my glass into the grove and it seams way to big. Is this right? An I doing something wrong??? Please hep

Thank you !

I have the fuseworks microwave kiln. I just discovered the frit powder and bought a 96 coe sample pack. Something is definately wrong. Is this not suitable for the microwave kiln? It comes out burned, or disintegrates into dust, when cooled, no matter what length of time I put it on. tried it on just the fiber paper to see what the colors would look like. started at 30 sec. didn"t look right, but went for another 30 sec. and was not looking good at all. Help, I was so excited to be able to add to my little rainy day projects.

@cindymiller333 What you need to use to hang your piece depends on the size and weight as well as how you personally want the finished piece to look. Side mount hooks (item #8841) or Panel Scroll Hooks (item 63905). We use Jack Chain to hang most of our stained glass work here and it's available in a variety of finishes to match your decor.