[TheForge] Wall Sconce Shade Material

[Steven Smith]

These guys have it:
http://ashevilleschoonmaker.thomasnet.com/viewitems/lampshade-and-decorative-mica-plates/decorative-mica-plate?&forward=1
Watch the line wrap.

They make sheets of mica pieces and resin. You can slump it into your 
metal fixture in a kitchen oven.

Steve

Grant Marcoux wrote:
> Bob, et al:  there is a product that simulates mica that is used by shade
> makers, which is a glass-impregnated resin that bends to shape and has the
> look of natural material.  I don't remember the name, but you might search
> under "simulated mica" or something.  Grant
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> Mica or isinglass has been used for that function for a very long time
> Bob...pf
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> Bob Smolen wrote:
>   
>> There was a picture of a nice wall sconce (lamp) in an old Anvil's Ring.
>> What is a good material to use for the shade that will allow light to
>> radiate yet not be flammable if the bulb is on for a long time? I suppose
>>     
> a
>   
>> thin metal would work if the goal was to allow light to radiate from the
>>     
> top
>   
>> and bottom. Is there a good material that is also somewhat translucent yet
>> safe?
>> Thanks,
>> Bob
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