Silver Stain – Proven Techniques

Silver stain – how to trace, blend, shade and flood from a reliable batch that lasts for months

Frustrated with silver stain? Fed up with unpredictable and disappointing results?

There’s no need.

There is another way …

Silver stain explained

How to mix a reliable batch of stain which lasts for months: how to trace, blend, shade and flood with stain: what you must do to prepare your brushes for staining: how to dilute your batch of stain to make any consistency you want: how to find the right firing schedule for your kiln: how to extend the blending and shading capacity of your stain: and the correct way to hold and use a round-headed blender.

Plus a step-by-step project.

If you mix your stain with water or vinegar, or if you’re new to stain, this guide is for you, so see here right now.

Kiln-Fired Glass Painting – Four More Vital Tips

Today four more useful reminders for you

Stephen’s four reminders last time were: oil, flooding, holding firm on pricing, and being comfortable when you work. Now it’s my turn to look back on 2011 and also take you forward to the coming year.

1. Racing to trace vs. pacing your tracing

First up, tracing – specifically, what you must do to trace well. I don’t care how many times we mention this because it’s so important. Every week we hear from people whose whole approach has drastically improved – just because they stopped racing to trace and started focusing more on their palette.