Creating Fused Glass Mosaics Using No Days ThinFuse

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Creating fused glass mosaics is a breeze using No Days ThinFuse. When you heat set the adhesive to hold the glass pieces in place, you create a faux tack fuse with a super strong bond that allows you to "frout" (grouting with frit) your piece without waiting! If the glass pieces set up but they're not where you want them, simply re-heat to re-position the piece.

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TEXTURAL TACK FUSE: This firing schedule is for textural tack fuse and is used in creating fused glass mosaics. The fused piece will be highly textured.

Textural Tack Fuse  300 dph  600º F 30 min  300 dph  1000º F  30 min 300 dph 1100º F 10 min 50 dph 1250º F 20 min 500 dph 1375º F  7 min AFAP 960º F 90 min  100 dph  800º F  0 min  200 dph  700º F  0 min  400 dph  100º F  0 min

SLUMP SCHEDULE:  This firing schedule is for a slump schedule. After using one of the above schedules to fuse your pieces together, you're ready to give it shape by placing it in a mold. Make sure that the glass is not bigger than your ceramic mold, or you can potentially break your glass, your mold or both while firing.

Slump Schedule  250 dph 750º F 10 min  250 dph  900º F  30 min  300 dph  1150º F  15 min  300 dph  1250º F  30 min  AFAP 960º F 90 min  50 dph  800º F  0 min  100 dph  700º F  0 min  300 dph  100º F  0 min

[Assumptions: 2 layers of standard thickness glass (3mm or 1/8") stacked to make a thickness of 6mm or 1/4"] 

The firing schedule is fairly conservative, so you shouldn't have any breakage.  However, please note that this firing schedule is just a general guideline.  It is up to the user to take into acount their glass fusing setup and design, materials used and kiln being used to yield their desired results.  

dph = degrees per hour (Fahrenheit)
AFAP = as fast as possible, represented by 9999 when programming your kiln
min = minutes