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Fused Glass Heart Cat Charm or Cat Tag

Materials List:

COE 90
SMALL Cat Charm or Tag
Item# 27114  - 1 inch Clear  Hearts

LARGE Cat Charm or Tag
Item# 27136  - 1 1/4 inch Clear Heart

Qty 1 Item# 90412- Dichroic Scrap Glass
(Used to cut out your Dichroic Heart for base. We used a black back piece of Dichroic.  NOTE: If you use a Clear piece of Dichroic glass then you should get an Opaque colored heart for the base, white, black or red)

COE 96

SMALL Cat Charm or Tag
Item# 96114  - 1 inch Clear Heart

LARGE Cat Charm or Tag
Item# 96136  - 1 1/4 inch Clear Heart

Qty 1 Item# 96728  - Dichroic Scrap Glass
(Used to cut out your Dichroic Heart for base. We used a black back piece of Dichroic.  NOTE: If you use a Clear piece of Dichroic glass then you should get an Opaque colored heart for the base, white, black or red)

FUSING SUPPLIES:
Item# 41337 Low Fire 22K Gold Cat Fusible Decal
Item# 42017 Shelf Paper 1 square foot

Findings:
Qty 1 Item# 41116 Glass Hanger Small Gold Plated
Qty 1 Item# 42025 Charm Lanyard Gold Plated

Other Items:
Item# 41340 Adhesive Glastac
Item# 41207 Triolyse Glue
or
Item# 41165 E6000 Glue 3.7oz

Miscellaneous Items:
Rubbing Alcohol, Dish Washing Detergent
Cloth with very little lint (old T-shirt)
Cold Polishing - (one of the following)
Grinder 
Abrasive Stone 
Diamond Nail File
3M Diamond Coated Sanding Sponges
 

Step 1 - Preparation
Clean Glass:  Using Alcohol or Dish Washing Detergent. Then dry and set aside on a clean piece of paper or cardboard. 

Clean & Prep Kiln Shelf: Apply Kiln Wash (Shelf Primer) or cut squares of shelf paper.

Place the clear heart on the smoothest size of the Dichroic Scrap glass.
Tip: If you have a corner, place the tip of the heart in it to help reduce the amount of cutting.

Trace the heart on the scrap glass and then cut.  Grind if needed.
Tip: It is better to have the Dichroic scrap slightly smaller than the clear than  larger than the clear cap, especially if the Dichroic glass is textured.

Step 2 – Assemble Glass & apply Decal

Using just a tiny spec of Adhesive Glastac or Elmer's™ Glue, position the Clear pre-cut heart on top of the Dichroic Heart.

Step 3 - Place Project into Kiln

Using Fingers around outer edges of the fusible glass project or better yet wear latex gloves, pick up and place the project on the kiln shelf paper/shelf.  

Step 4 – Full Fuse

Click here for Tips & Tricks for Cone equivalency to Glass Firing temperatures

If possible, leave the kiln sit unopened until the next day so your project has had plenty of time to anneal back to room temperature. 

Cut out the cat design of choice.  Soak 20 to 30 seconds in clear cool water. Slide off decal onto Clear glass and position as desired. Smooth out the decal to make sure there are no bubble and decal lays flat on the surface of the glass. Let dry 20 minutes.

Note: You only need to fire at the highest temperature to allow the 22k low fire gold to bond to the glass for a few minutes and then quickly flash vent to 1,000, and then allow to cool down. 

Click here for Tips & Tricks for Cone equivalency to Glass Firing temperatures

Always start with clean glass and bails to remove any oils. Apply Triolyse glue (see link below) to bail and position on back of glass, centered based upon the desired location of the decal. The glue with reach it's maximum strength in 6 hours.
(Read the Tips & Tricks for using Triolyse Glue) 

Tip: For use as a Cat Tag attach Charm Lanyard to bail eye and then loop the string around the collar and loop the charm back thru to hang.

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