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In addition to frits, you will find Strikingcolor Silver Glass Rods, dichroic scrap, stainless chopsticks, millefiori slices, and fine silver micro mesh

Furnace Glass Frit

Reduction glass have COE (coefficient of expansion) of 92-96 and are compatible with Uroboros 96 and Bullseye glass. You can also use them sparingly as surface decorations when working with Moretti glass. Below are frits grouped by manufacturer. They include Reichenbach, Zimmerman, Gaffer, and Loetz.

Price is per oz. Sample beads are not included. Frits are packaged in 4mm plastic zip lock bags . Many may look similar but can behave differently after application. Therefore buying 1 oz to play is the smart way to test a new color. Recently both Reichenbach and Gaffer developed new and interesting reactive colors. It is a great loss to the bead community that Zimmerman decided to discontinue their frit production. Therefore I only have limited Zimmerman inventory on hand.

Reichenbach Frits COE 96

Reichenbach R-736 multicolor dark frit in size 0. Add to Cart $3.50 oz	Reichenbach R-736 multicolor dark frit in size 1. Add to Cart $3.50 oz	Reichenbach R-736 multicolor dark frit in size 2. This is a great size to pull into stringers for detail work. Add to Cart $3.50 oz
Reichenbach R-108 Iris Orange or raku powder. This is my all time favorite frit. Sample beads were coated with 3-4 layers of the powder. Each layer burned in well. Add to Cart $3.25 oz	Reichenbach R-108 Iris Orange or raku #00. This is my all time favorite frit. Many best selling beads are based on this. This is very ground fine and resemble sugar. Add to Cart $3.25 oz	Reichenbach R-108 Iris Orange or raku frits #0. This is my all time favorite frit. Many best selling beads are based on this. I use this size for my popular pond and cheetah spacers. Add to Cart $3.25 oz
Reichenbach R-108 Iris Orange or raku #1. This is my all time favorite frit. Many best selling beads are based on this frit. Add to Cart $3.00 oz	Reichenbach R-108 Iris Orange or raku frit #2. This is my all time favorite frit. Many best selling beads are based on this. This is a good size to pull into stringers for detailed surface decoration. Add to Cart $3.00 oz	Reichenbach R-108 Iris Orange or raku frits #3. This is my all time favorite frit. Many best selling beads are based on this frit. Add to Cart $3.00 oz
Reichenbach Light Iris Gold R-217 Powder. A quick swirl in reduced flame results in metallic sparkle of gold/brown/bronze. Add to Cart $3.25 oz	Reichenbach Light Iris Gold Frit R-217 size 0. A quick swirl in reduced flame results in metallic sparkle of gold/brown/bronze. Add to Cart $3.25 oz	Reichenbach Light Iris Gold R217 size 1. A quick swirl in reduced flame results in metallic sparkle of gold/brown/bronze. Pretty encased too. I only use COE96 glass to encase reduction frits. Add to Cart $3.25 oz
Reichenbach transparent light iris blue R-211 powder. Gives your bead a metallic shimmer. Add to Cart $3.25 oz	Reichenbach transparent light iris blue R-211 size 0. Gives your bead a metallic shimmer. Add to Cart $3.25 oz	Reichenbach transparent gold ruby #0. The twisty is raku and intense black. Add to Cart $3.50 oz
Reichenbach raspberry R65 #0. This is a beautiful shade of pink. Add to Cart $3.75 oz	Reichenbach raspberry R-65 size 1. Just a beautiful shade of pink. Add to Cart $3.75 oz	Reichenbach raspberry R-65 size 2. Just a beautiful shade of pink. Add to Cart $3.75 oz
Reichenbach opaque pink R-66 size 1. It is more peach than the raspberry. Add to Cart $3.75 oz	Reichenbach opaque Multi Color R198 size 1. Reaction similar to Raku frits. Add to Cart $3.25 oz	Reichenbach cranberry R232 size 0. This is a beautiful shade of transparent dark pink. Add to Cart $3.75 oz
Reichenbach purple rose R733 size 1. This is Reichenbach's version of Z99. Although it seemed to have similar reactive properties as Z99, the color is bluer. Add to Cart $4.00 oz

Gaffer Frits COE 96

Gaffer G-109 Chalcedony size 0. This frit reacts beautifully on Gaffer salmon and denim. Add to Cart $3.50 oz	Gaffer G-109 Chalcedony size 1. Add to Cart $3.50 oz	Gaffer G-109 Chalcedony size 2. This frit reacts beautifully on Gaffer salmon and denim. Add to Cart $3.50 oz
Gaffer G-1095 Chalcedony Blue size 0. Add to Cart $3.50 oz	Gaffer G-1095 Chalcedony Blue size 1. Add to Cart $3.50 oz	Gaffer G-1095 Chalcedony Blue size 2. Add to Cart $3.50 oz
Gaffer transparent copper blue G-23 size 1. Reacts beautifully with silver foil. Sample bead not included Add to Cart $3.50 oz	Gaffer transparent copper blue G-23 size 2. Reacts beautifully with silver foil. Sample bead not included Add to Cart $3.50 oz	transparent Gaffer Hyacinth G-15 size 1 Deep transparent purple with shadow and webbing effect. Add to Cart $3.50 oz
Gaffer transparent copper ruby#02. Reacts beautifully with silver foil. Sample beads not included Add to Cart $3.50 oz	Gaffer transparent cherry red #1. Add to Cart $3.00 oz	Gaffer Lt. Tobacco G104 frit. This is the frit used by Kalera Stratton in her Romance blend. Her formula is 1 part Raku #1, 1 part Raku #0, 2 part G104 #1, and a pinch of Z99 #0 purple rose. If you are lucky enough to have the Z99, then you must try the formula. Right now my best selling spacers are based this blend. Although I substituted Z99 size 1 and G104 size 2. See Night Bloom spacers: & focal bead
Gaffer Opaque Lt. Tobacco size 1. Reactive frits. The bead is made with the Kalera Romance blend. Add to Cart $3.50 oz G104-1	Gaffer Opaque Lt. Tobacco size 2. Reactive frits. The bead is made with the Kalera Romance blend. Add to Cart $3.50 oz G104-2

Zimmerman Frits COE 96
The pre-made Mountain Blue is sold out. I have decided to only sell chunks by breaking up my 1 kilo rod . You can further reduce the size by grinding or hammering, and demagnetize. My favorite method is preheat the chunk in the annealing kiln, punty up with chopstick or mandrel, heat until red hot and dunk in water. After drying, further grinding using a food processor or coffee grinder. Be sure to demagnetize. The chunks can also be easily pulled into stringers.

Zimmerman translucent Opal White Z-740 #1. This is one of my all time favorite frit. Its translucency allows the colors underneath to come through. Limit 2 OZ per customer, please Add to Cart $7.00 oz	Zimmerman opaque cobalt blue Z-97 #1. Intense dark blue. Looks great with silver. Limit 2 OZ per customer, please. Add to Cart $6.50 oz	Zimmerman opaque light blue Z-75 size #0. Great over raku. Limit 2 OZ per customer, please. Add to Cart $6.00 oz
Zimmerman opaque mountain blue Z-971 chunks. This is one of my all time favorite frit. Great size to pull into stringer or grind it down to smaller size. Size vary from 8mm to 20mm. Limit 2 OZ per customer, please. Add to Cart $7.50 oz	Size 3 Zimmerman opaque Blue Green Z-87. I will add bead pictures when available. Limit 2 OZ please. Add to Cart $5.50 oz	Size 3 Zimmerman opaque Blue Olive Z-792. Interesting mix of blue and green frits. Limit 2 OZ per customer, please. Add to Cart $6.00 oz
Zimmerman opaque Z-850 Lilac Rose size3. This is a larger size frit and would be great pulled into stringer or raked as I did with the sample beads. Limit 2 OZ per customer, please Add to Cart $7.50 oz	Zimmerman opaque Spring Green Z-771 powder. I would consider the color to be pistachio green. As you can see it makes a wonderful background for purple/pink colors. The purple/green bead by the lilac rose has a better view of the powder. sorry sold out Try Loetz below.	Size 1 Zimmerman opaque Dark Emerald Green Z-8512. sorry sold out
Power Zimmerman Opaque Light Gray Z-96. Sample bead, blue base and rolled in 2 layers of the powder. Add to Cart $4.50 oz	Size 1 Zimmerman opaque Orange Yellow Z-79. Limit 3 OZ per customer, please Add to Cart $5.00 oz	Size 0 Zimmerman opaque Light Orange Z-811. Limit 3 OZ per customer, please Add to Cart $5.00 oz

Ullman Loetz Frits COE 96

Loetz Yellow Gold #03. Reacts beautifully on transparent base. Loetz size 3 is similar to Gaffer size 1. Make great iridescent gold pebble beads. Add to Cart $3.70 oz	Loetz yellow Gold Powder. Similar to Reichenbach lt gold powder. Add to Cart $3.70 oz	Loetz Grey Gold Powder. Reacts beautifully on transparent base. Add to Cart $3.70 oz
Loetz Green Gold #03. Reacts beautifully on transparent base. Loetz size 3 is similar to Gaffer size 1. Make great iridescent green pebble beads. Add to Cart $3.70 oz	Loetz Green Gold Powder. Reacts beautifully on transparent base. Add to Cart $3.70 oz

Over the past few years soft glass bead makers discovered American made silver glass. Currently the main supplies are Double Helix, Trautman Art Glass, and Strikingcolor by Brad Shulz. Brad's glass are available maybe once or twice per month and each batch is different. Brad sell them via Etsy or Artfire but they get sold out within hours and sometimes minutes after they are listed. So one has to be quick and lucky to get them. I have decided to let go some of Brad's glass in 1/4 lb assortment but due to limited quality, max per customer is 1/4 lb please. These glass need to be heated until clear, let cool, and reintroduce into flame to strike. Therefore, you should have a surface mix torch to make beads with them.