TIL a trick for keeping my punty from sticking when working with soft glass

I was making a series of small perfume bottles and kept having the punty weld too hard, ruining the piece when I tried to crack it off. My buddy in the studio said to heat the punty tip to a dull orange, then dip it in a tiny bit of powdered graphite from a pencil lead. Tried it on my next three pieces and it worked perfectly, clean break every time. Anyone have other tricks for punty adhesion besides graphite?

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finleyk873d ago

Ever notice how the simplest hacks, like pencil lead, fix the stickiest problems?

paul_morgan3d ago

My old garage door lock froze solid last winter. A number two pencil rubbed on the key got it open in ten seconds. Felt like cheating the system.