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<p>[QUOTE="Cherryhill, post: 38398, member: 70"]This needs repeated over and over.</p><p><br /></p><p>Only blown glass can be flashed, Before it is formed, the gather of molten glass is dipped in a pot of another color, putting a thin layer of color over the out side. This cannot be done with pressed glass only because it would be mixed through the glass (this is how slag is made). Pressed glass must be stained, a layer of transparent paint is applied to the outside of the finished piece of glass and it is re-fired to fuse the stain with the outer skin of the glass.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cherryhill, post: 38398, member: 70"]This needs repeated over and over. Only blown glass can be flashed, Before it is formed, the gather of molten glass is dipped in a pot of another color, putting a thin layer of color over the out side. This cannot be done with pressed glass only because it would be mixed through the glass (this is how slag is made). Pressed glass must be stained, a layer of transparent paint is applied to the outside of the finished piece of glass and it is re-fired to fuse the stain with the outer skin of the glass.[/QUOTE]
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