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love the video. I have the tree of life mold for wine bottles. Do I have to use a kiln wash on the mold before I put my bottle on it and before i fire it?

Ok but what is green ware

Hi. I made a comment on your other microwave mold video. I noticed this effect on round glass pendants I was making. I would melt bottle glass in a kiln paper lined terra cotta saucer, but refiring with frit sprinkled on top often led to the same busting apart effect. I found going SUUUUUPER slow, 30 secs, wait for heat to distribute, 30 secs, and repeat for 10 times. then jump to 1 minute, again fire wait, fire wait, 10 times. 2 minutes, 3.... Well this takes a loooong time. I have yet to do so, but have seen someone say they put their pieces in the oven before firing in the microwave and they never have a problem. I see this as a challenge I want to solve. I am going to be testing a few things for molds themselves like I said previously. I have sludge from my rock tumbler (it is mostly used with glass) that made a nice little refractory tester piece. I am going to mix graphite powder that I just bought with low fire clay, and also do a crushed perlite/clay mix. I did try mixing some slaked lime made from eggshells into clay for a test disc. Was nice for refractory, but was too brittle. May also test plaster and silica recipe I have seen for standard glass molds once my order of plaster comes in. I also will use the graphite as a wash just to see if it prevents glass from sticking. To make the molds I will be making them out of Monster Clay (plasticine or similar would be fine too) and then casting it in plaster. I will use slips to make thin walled molds. I also saw in a video that the molds a user had were hollow, with a small opening on the side for ventilation. I will be attempting to replicate this.

Some of the ingredients are interchangeable, a substitute for potash is sodium bicarb in certain things and sodium bicarb becomes sodium carbonate when it reaches a certain temperature...

What about a gold lustre overglaze? 😃

How tight do you tighten the cutter head

Do you know of a glue that can repair a mold for fusing in a kiln that doesn't burn away? Thank you!

Can you make that from pvc pupe?

This made me smile

Thanks for this! I damaged mine accidentally when some glass fused to the base and took a chunk out when I pulled it off. I actually ordered two new ones as replacement, but I'm glad to see that I can repair the old one and keep using it too.

I had thought the raised shelf helped make the lid more snug to maintain heat longer but sounds like it's really optional.

Why not use rubber silicone moulds instead of breaking all those useless plaster moulds up.

Thank you ❤

Great video! Thanks so much for sharing this information. You are so kind and generous. Wonderful!

Is it a special lower temperature glaze? Or any glaze will do?

Amazing Work there, Capt Mike!

I’m trying to form a shape over a face plastic mask, would plaster work with forming a new shape on the mask and would it harden? I’m a noob too all of this stuff haha 😅 I was also wondering if it would stick to the plastic because it’s a smooth plastic finish im trying to put the plaster over. A lady at a hardware store I talked to said it may not stick and will be difficult to do so.

Can you use stained glass in place of fusing glass!

Thank you!

My mwk doesn’t fit height wise in my microwave :( any fix for this?

Save you throwing plaster out. Use a plastic flexi vessel then just let it set in the tub. All you do is flex the tub and brake the excess plaster up. Then when you make a new mix. Half fill the mould and dump all the dry bits of plaster in the wet mix. And this will bulk your mould up. Then fill it with the rest of the wet mix.

Thank you sir. You are a great teacher. I have to think I'd like you in any real life situation. Knowledgeable. Humble. Direct. Great sense of humor. I really need to get my flakes to travel farther. These tips should help.

Hi I’m new to this and even though my pot glowed, the glaze didn’t melt. It’s a low fire underglaze so I wonder should I have left it longer? How will I know it’s ‘ready’? Thank you for such brilliant videos

Hi , where did you get your microwave kiln from? Is it the same as the glass microwave kilns? Thanks I’m in Australia.

Have you ever used mica for glass fusing

I like your vids very informative

Geezuz krist he talks so slow..............I fell asleep !

How do you keep the marbles from running off the little kiln platform? Can you use a dab of glue or some sort of vaseline to keep them in a design you want?

Going to be experimenting with this soon. I plan to add some refractory materials to the clay, calcium hydroxide that I made from egg shells and crushed perlite. Hoping it prevents the mold from getting hot in the center.

I just bought a kilns and my first try turn out bad the glass never melted and the paper turned brown the shelf turned black is it my microwave or the kilns don't know what to do

Love the mirror effect that came out. Thanks so much for the update.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Very beautiful sun. Thanks for the info!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Candle collage! 🤣😂

Thank you so much for your videos 😊

Hi I have a…. Question. I think it got a crack in my microwave kiln . Is it possible to repair it? If ? how do I do it ? I thank you for your nice understandable and professional videos . I enjoy following you. Greetings from me in Denmark 🇩🇰

Is this safe to use on sensitive skin?

Great video 😊 I'm trying to find out if it will stick to a plastic plant pot 🤔

Have you tried the decals that are applied with heat to see if it will transfer properly? I am just learning about working with glass and have much to learn.

What type of clay do you use please?

Nice discovery on the wood glue. It's easy to find and cheap. Plus, I always have some around.

I have the Felkner Federl mogul TM-1 and a Rigid 10" glass blade (not real expensive) Got chipping problem. The shaft seems to not wobble but even new blades seem to wobble or chatter. Do I need to replace the shaft and bearings? Haven't tried the dressing yet. Cutting bottles.

wow! I have 26 lbs of paraffin, the result of friends buying into the "dip you hands in paraffin" craze... I was shopping 2" pillar molds , once I start melting I would like to do many at a time and that would be $$$yikes... using the "wax warmer" to melt the wax, will be interesting to see if it is hot enough.... using pvc, I could make several molds at a low price (hey.. I was thinking of using toilet paper cores lined with foil, hot glued tog, imagine, the time wasted though, some potential for texture) I was wondering, if you got the mold cool or cold before pouring.. it would make a different surface but, less danger of leaking but, not needed, your method worked great! In early days, I used to get the wax just hot enough to pour and adhere to the wick... brilliant! I need some advice on mixing stearin and... good to go! Thank you and, great video! Capt Mike is the kind of people I wish I knew locally... there is more to life than the mall and cable tv...

Love the mushrooms ❤

I am a beginner and I’m interested in getting one of these mini kilns due to space issues and cost. Is the kiln hot to touch or do you wait for it to cool before checking? How do you know it’s done? Hehe thank you for your videos. Very educational 🎉😊

Best explanation of glaze ever.

i use elmers glue.

First of all thank you for all your informative videos! As a newbie I’ve been scrolling the net for advice and when it comes to firing some people doesn’t set intervals (3+3+3 mins for example), instead they set the timer for 30 mins straight away. So my question is what is the difference between the two ways of firing? Thank you again!

Maybe is a stupid question; does the microwave has to rotate inside? mine doesnt rotate cuz is a broken microwave i use to test, is it the same?

Thank you sir I will need to give this a try.😊

Can I turn my microwave on its side to create more space