Glass Grinding Residue

Adding weight to your trash can is probably the best use of the residue.

Awww Jack, that's no fun. I was hoping for some creative use like.......dusting the dogs for fleas........a really good facial scrub.......adding to the grout mixture for mosiacs.......and so on.....

Thanks for the suggestion,

Julie

I used to melt it into "cabachon" type things to sell for a couple bucks to jewelry makers. Sometimes they came out kind of boring; sometimes really neat colors and striations.

same here. You can actually keep colors sorted by cleaning the grinder out after each project/color. i mixed mica flakes in , too and got some interesting jewels. m

Okay, great idea. So DH will have to understand when I want to buy a kiln now, huh? I have done some jewelry making with cabochons!! Surely he can see this could come in handy there!!!!

Tee hee hee, thanks again.

Julie

OK, I'll admit it, I remelted it and it turned into a nasty grey/brown cab. I generate far too much to try to keep it sorted. That's why I just toss it.

Wife has used it in bead making. She dips a hot bead in the powder then heats it with the torch. Usually she grinds a particular color glass to get the color she wants. Just random stuff from working with stained glass projects comes out pretty yucky.