Rant: Saw a demo at the Corning Museum that changed how I handle my color bar

I was watching a gaffer work at the Corning Museum's hot shop last month, and he never let his color bar touch the marver. He'd just roll it on a steel plate he kept on the bench, saying it kept the color from picking up any junk (which makes total sense now). I've been doing it his way for about two weeks and my blues are way cleaner. Anyone else pick up a small trick like that from watching someone else work?

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phoenix_schmidt4d ago

Oh, the "never let his color bar touch the marver" thing is such a simple fix. I've been collecting bits of glory hole grit in my colors for years like they were precious souvenirs. My old bench looks like a crime scene for glass.

miller.eva4d ago

Wait, so you're saying the grit actually gets stuck in the color bar itself? I always figured it was just surface contamination that got rolled in. How do you even get it all out once it's embedded, or is the bar just kind of ruined at that point?

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