Pound and 1/4 Pound Minimum Items

Items labeled in this manner are sold by weight at a price per pound. The price you see is the pound price. You will be charged for the actual weight of the product you receive. If you wish to order a specific number of rods, tubes, sticks or the like, enter that information in the comment box upon checkout. We will do our best to accommodate you knowing how many pounds you want (from the shopping cart) along with how many tubes/items you want from the comment box.

Cobalt-6

Cobalt-6, 516 was one of our early releases. The darkest of the Glass Alchemy cobalt colors we were faced with, "how dark is too dark"? We had the millifiori maker and the stringer puller in mind when we developed this color. Now one of our most popular colors, it is used by many anytime they need a denser dark color.

Working Tip: Work in neutral flame to avoid reduction (gray streaks).

Artist Description by Mike Shelbo:

"A stiff, dense translucent cobalt blue, Cobalt-6 is so dense in color saturation that it seems black.

When drawn down into extremely thin threads, it will still remain a deep cobalt blue transparent. Keep Cobalt-6 in the outer region of your flame length, in a mix of gas that will not reduce the color if used without encasement. Grey streaks or patches could develop from too much propane in your torch flame, so using a neutral flame is best.

Cobalt-6 can be sandwiched between clear and blown out very thin while still having an intensely deep cobalt blue color. Light transmitting through Cobalt-6 when color layer is thin enough is very rich and pleasing." - Mike Shelbo

Glass Alchemy Boromax Colored Rods & Frit

Glass Alchemy Boromax colored rods are 7 mm diameter and 20" long unless otherwise stated. Some rods are listed as 4 mm diameter. The COE is 33 and Boromax may be combined with Simax and any other glass with a similar coefficient of thermal expansion. Glass Alchemy uses the ROY G BIV spectrum sequence to number its colors. R = red = 100 series. O = Orange = 200 series, etc. Glass Alchemy Boromax Colored Rods are sold by the pound with a 1/4 pound minimum purchase per color.

Glass Alchemy Boromax frits

Glass Alchemy Boromax frits are also available. We stock Boromax Frit in four sizes (also called grades):

• Large Frit (25 grade)
• Medium Frit (38 Grade)
• Small Frit (70 Grade)
• Fine Frit (82 grade)

All Boromax frit comes in a 4 oz. or 16 oz. jar.