Another PMC addict!

I got to take a PMC class Saturday - woo hoo is that stuff great. We only worked with PMC + (which dries quick!). I made several pendants- a few of which I really like and one I'm not so crazy about :) I need to finish cleaning and polishing them (which led to the purchase of a Dremel yesterday!). The "good" ones I'll add to my webshots page later.

We talked about the other forms of PMC- mostly the one that you can use in a syringe. Our instructor brought some syringes back after lunch and told us to just use the clay form to make slip and use that in the syringe (cheaper).

I bought a package of PMC + and a package of standard to try out at home. The really cool thing about the + is how fast it can be fired (10 minutes). Our LBS will fire pieces for us so I can make stuff at home and have them fire for me. wheee. So many ideas!!!!

And I got a great idea of how to make a bracelet to put one of my large LW beads (a Paulette Insall bead) I bought on. That will be my next project.

Unrelated- I've been wanting to reply to lots of posts yesterday and today but I developed a NASTY headache that pretty much out me out of commission. It was bad enough that I didn't really sleep last night. One of those where you don't want to DO anything, but if you don't do anything all you do is notice how bad it hurts. I laid down for an hour or so earlier this afternoon and actually fell asleep- and it's not hurting quite so bad now. So be warned- I may get very talkative later today :)

Kathy K

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KDK
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Scuze me? What -is- this fire-breathing Hot Pot thing?

Deirdre

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Deirdre S.

Sierra Thermal industries in Texas makes something called the "PMC Hot Pot Kit". It looks kind of like one of those ceramic scent burners. It's about

4 or 5 inches in diameter, and the bottom is about 6" high. You fill the 1 1/2" "clay flower pot" with fuel similar to Sterno, place a wire mesh on it. Dried PMC on that. Clay top over that. Light the fuel. It's done when the fuel is burnt up. The chamber is very small. About the size of half a medium sized orange. But only costs $50. I have not fired mine up yet.

It is made for PMC3. But can also fire PMC+. The PMC+ clay costs a little more, and usually is fired at a lower temp so you can set glass beads in it. At this higher temp, the glass would begin to slup and fuse. Which can also be cool.

Tina

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Christina Peterson

Hmm. We were told the PMC3 fires at a lower temp and can be used for glass. Maybe I wrote it down wrong :(

My LBS did not have any PMCIII so I bought + and standard. I'm going to look into the hot pot thingy.

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KDK

I was surprised to see that in the Rio gems catalog, none of the peridots were marked safe for firing in place. Maybe it *was* a peridot.

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Tante Lina

Not a real one. They recommend using only synthetics.

Tina

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Christina Peterson

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