Repair Of A 1/2 Sulphide Marble

[richsantaclaus]

Ok Erine - I tried...ol

Here is the before pictures of the 1/2 sulphide marble you gave me in Las Vegas. Into the kiln it went to slowly heat so I could "play" with it.

[richsantaclaus]

more before pix of the 1/2 marble

[richsantaclaus]

Here is what I saw when I opened the kiln after at least 1 1/2 hours of slowly warming it up!

[richsantaclaus]

I guess I won't be repairing THAT marble after all!!!!!

lol

Rich

[Chordus]

Your marble a splode.

[I'llhavethat1]

lol, that would have been a tough challenge. Back in the day some kid probably spent a lot of time busting it up, just trying to get to the animal inside

[ann]

. . . Back in the day some kid probably spent a lot of time busting it up, just trying to get to the animal inside

Never thought of that! Entirely possible! Could you tell what the poor thing inside it used to be?

[richsantaclaus]

It was, like, dust and way beyond recognition.

[raynsandy]

I know I was never able to salvage any figures from broken sulphides. I had one once that would crack in the same exact spot every time I remelted and annealed it, gave up after the 3rd time.