How to Make your own Soft Glass Frit by Jeannie Cox

[@tracyjoell]

Thank you for your great videos! What a wonderful gift to the rest of us! 👏👍❤️‍🔥

[@christinecaronnabeard1369]

What a great video! Jeannie, if you’re keeping tabs on your KZbin audience, you are so well loved and appreciated!!

[@GentleStrengthHolistics]

Sadly, she has passed away in 2018. A great loss to the glass community.

[@user-pe8cu1vs6d]

Thank you so much for this video and your detailed explanation! Where do I buy the kind of paddle that yo have please? Thank you in advance. I just found your channel and am loving this deiscovery and your techniques and creations.

[@unicornsinmybelfry2685]

what a cool idea! Thanks for the info!!

[@jeannie291]

😊

[@annw8647]

Hi, excellent video!😊🌟💥✨💫

[@jeannie291]

Thank you, Ann! :)

[@thvbreezeknees2331]

this method would work for rods of boro color correct?

[@majeda4teen]

Nice Work 👍

[@sunshinem3958]

Thank you so much❤️

[@jewelvibebabo]

Absolutely enthralled by this vid.You have opened up so many possibilities for a total beginner Many thanks for sharing.Have you ever tried this technique with broken glass from wine bottles and what was result? You got yourself a new subscriber!!

[@Msnita275]

Do you have a video of how to add the frit to your beads. Thanks

[@jeannie291]

You just heat up the bead surface to glowing so it's nice and hot and roll it in the frit. A low-profile tray, or shallow bowl, gravy boat or spoon that's made of metal or ceramic are just some of the holders that work well to have your frit in when rolling the bead. You can also just put some frit on a graphite pad or marver and roll your hot bead. You can also melt some in and then heat and roll again if you want more frit. I don't think I have current videos with beads, but my "making headpins" video and "scrap glass" videos both have me rolling hot glass in frit (If I remember, I will try to feature doing that with a bead in a future video - thanks!) . :)

[@Msnita275]

Jeannie Cox, thanks so much for the quick response

[@warmwomyn]

Thanks so much for posting!

[@suemendell358]

Brilliant!

[@ernestofernandez6359]

superb!!!

[@kimgraham5503]

Do you have a recommendation for the torch?

[@jeannie291]

I used a Nortel Minor and then a Mega Minor for 10+ years - - this was all for bead works and smaller-type glass pieces. It would depend on what you want to do in glass. Boro items or larger pieces would need a larger torch, but Minors, Mini CCs, Lynx or Alpha torches are all great ones for doing soft glass or bead work like I have in my videos. I have a Bethlehem Bravo now, which I love, and it allows me to do larger work.

[@brigittewinterhoff9408]

Thanks its cool 👍👍👍😉💐💐💋

[@sam111880]

My issue now is what type of safety glass do you uses for protecting your eyes from light intensity. Do you go all the way as far as welding glass because it seems most just uses tinted sunglass... but i am confused and would like to understand what welding glass are required for safety interms of what light/flame source one is using... Making glass beads got me question why welder uses extremely tinted/protected glass and why bead makers can get a way with hardly any welding glass....hummm

[@jeannie291]

For soft glass work, I use Dydimium lenses. They are specially made to filter out the soda flare (bright orange-yellow) that could hurt your eyes over long periods. For borosilicate glass, there should also be the UV/infrared filtered shades which could cause even more eye damage. So, I have - both my diddys (slang term) which I always use and then welder clip-ons in case I do boro glass (i have both shade 3 and shade 5)

[@sam111880]

@@jeannie291 Would you need to different types or could you uses just one safety glass pair for both soda and borosilicate glass. Or do you usually change glasses depending on the glass your heating ? I would think if the rating of UV and IR is high enough for the safety glass it take care of all the type of glasses. All check with the welding supply guys but like your opinion to. Thanks for the reply.

[@Babette17C]

I thought I knew how to do this ...... well, I just made some w/o ice in the water and w/o making the rod a paddle. Uh - - - mine didn't turn out so good. haha So, I decided to come see what you said. Sure 'nuf, I missed a couple of steps. THANKS, friend!

[@erumgul9422]

wow

[@GeraldBlack1]

I prefer the sledgehammer technique.

[@sam111880]

Like the method i imagine you also could uses small glass round cutters or plumbers pipe cutters to cut the rods into coarse frit cylinder like objects.. Your really not going to get the quality that a grinder gives you aka equal sizes and the smaller grain sizes. Anyway if you don't got a grinder this is a cool creative way you came up with to convert rods to frit.

[@fiberd]

It really should be washed before using

[@edcantarella9931]

Depends on final use. Really no need if being used for casting - the "fines" melt just fine. * anything smaller than medium sized frit will fuse opaque in any event. I understand fines will go under adjacent glass if used to fill between pieces. Of course for some techniques, the more fines the better. E.g. crackle technique.

[@kkknanana]

Hi. I am really love your video. So amazing. Can you help me? Can i use glass frit powder for making enamel on jewelry silver. Here is link of powder: www.warm-glass.co.uk/deep-cobalt-blue-opal-powder-frit-014708-p-1632.html?cPath=98_160