COE96 Noodles

COE96 noodles are thin, flat strands of fusible sheet glass used to add crisp lines, borders, lettering, and fine detail to fused glass work. This category at Art Glass Supplies is built around Oceanside Glass and Tile noodles, covering a broad palette of transparent, opalescent, and semi-opalescent colors that are intended for use together on the System 96 platform.

What COE96 Noodles Are

Noodles are long, slender ribbons of fusible glass, flatter and wider than stringers. Because they lay flush against a base sheet instead of rolling, they hold their position during placement and produce clean, defined lines after firing. They are typically used to outline shapes, draw script and signatures, build geometric inlay, and fill tight curves that would be tedious to cut from sheet.

What's in This Category at AGS

Every noodle here is Oceanside Glass and Tile, COE96. The transparent range includes clear, pale amber through dark amber, light and dark blue, deep aqua, grape, moss, lime, and light purple. Opalescents cover black, charcoal, cloud, almond, marigold, orange, cherry red, lilac, fern, forest, and key lime, among others. Semi-opalescent colors like cherry red and orange read warm with backlight, and multi-color noodles such as Mardi Gras add streaked accents in a single strand.

Choosing Compatible Glass

These noodles belong to the COE96 fusing family and are tested compatible with Oceanside System 96 sheet, frit, stringer, and rod. Do not combine them in the same fired piece with COE90 (Bullseye) or COE104 (soft) glass, since the difference in thermal expansion can stress the work and cause cracking on cooldown.

Firing and Project Uses

Noodles respond well to standard COE96 schedules. Held at a tack or contour fuse, they keep their shape and produce raised, visible lines on a base sheet. Taken to a full fuse, they melt smooth and flush into the surface. Makers reach for them on suncatchers, jewelry components, dishes, panels, and pattern bars, and as detail elements in pot melts and drop rings where a controlled stroke of color is needed.