Can this be fire polished?

[anditsinthefish]

I have done quite a lot of fusing in the past but not for a while. I only have a very little kiln (SC2) and a few moulds that I was given by a friend who also fuses but didn't want them anymore. They haven't ever been used so I have kiln washed them and dried them in the kiln.

I'm using the programs from Warm Glass (and these has worked fine with my other moulds) but this piece has come out with a funny texture on some parts on the bottom.

image by Sarah Jane Walsh Designs, on Flickr

image by Sarah Jane Walsh Designs, on Flickr

I wondered if I fire polished it, would it come out? Would I put it in up right or top down?

xx

[Opalshards]

You may call me weird but I think that the texture enhances the piece.
I like it. x

[Zeldazog]

It looks to me as though the textured bits are where the glass has touched the mould, the shiny bits are usually where it hasn't quite reached.  You'll get a 'cleaner' finish on the mould with a piece of kitchen roll over your finger tips and rubbed, very lightly to smooth over the surface.

You'd have to have the underside facing upwards as you can't fire polish something that is touching a surface - also, fire polishing occurs at higher temperatures than slumping (the glass has to be hot enough to be able to flow to alter the surface texture), so your dish will go flat. 

You could try going a little hotter with it back in the mould (before you smooth it out) so that it picks up the texture all over?

[anditsinthefish]

It looks to me as though the textured bits are where the glass has touched the mould, the shiny bits are usually where it hasn't quite reached.  You'll get a 'cleaner' finish on the mould with a piece of kitchen roll over your finger tips and rubbed, very lightly to smooth over the surface.

You'd have to have the underside facing upwards as you can't fire polish something that is touching a surface - also, fire polishing occurs at higher temperatures than slumping (the glass has to be hot enough to be able to flow to alter the surface texture), so your dish will go flat. 

You could try going a little hotter with it back in the mould (before you smooth it out) so that it picks up the texture all over?

Thanks for the tips Zeldazog, I'm going to try and smooth out the moulds and see how we go