I can’t believe we can do this in our microwave…
Added 2023-07-18 17:06:01 +0000 UTCEvan found a “microwave kiln” that lets you MELT GLASS in your microwave. What?!? YES this is a thing. And it can melt glass to 1600 degrees F!
And yes, we tried it and it works!
Basically, you start with a base piece of glass, you put other pieces of glass on top of it, you pop ‘em in the kiln, and you microwave it for 6-8 (or more) minutes til it’s melted together as one. So for our first test, we thought we’d try a bunch of our materials - dichroic glass, rods of glass, a big swirl piece, glass “confetti,” glass frit (like tiny chunks), etc just to see what each would do. You can see how it looked before we melted it vs after.
It’s pretty dang cool! Now that we know how each kinda works, we’ll try doing some designs 🙂 -Katelyn
Comments
So very cool! Would love to try this! Can we still use the microwave with food? Daughter has a glass dish she made at a place that did glass fusion and it broke. No glue has held it together, but maybe remelting it would work?
Karen Sue
2023-07-23 01:36:21 +0000 UTCTemperature-wise probably, but metal and microwave ovens don't really mix. 😬
Daniel Berke
2023-07-22 19:35:42 +0000 UTCIf you can melt glass, you can certainly melt some metals. Aluminum, at least.
Tom Weinstein
2023-07-19 15:29:57 +0000 UTC
