[Jewelry making - Article 00225] - Re: [Orchid] Keum boo burnishing marks

[Debra Hoffmaster]

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    Hello all - Thanks to all of you here on the list I have successfully
    added Keum-boo to my repertoire this year.  I am using a hot plate
    that is marketed to chemists and biologists so it has a flat
    matte-finished top.  It also has a temperature dial. 

    I set the hot plate to high and let it warm up.  (It's faster this
    way).  I fiddle with the dial to see where the indicator light will
    goes out.  When it goes out at  about 650 degrees Farenheight,  I
    place the flat silver piece on the hot plate and add the gold foil. 
    I wait several minutes,  tack the foil and then burnish. If the piece
    isn't hot enough, the foil won't tack, so I just wait longer.  I
    solder on heads, findings, etc. and/or form after doing the Keum-boo.
     I do get little bubbles that I burnish out. 

    I have a funny agate burnisher that I made myself.  It is a wedge
    shaped piece of an agate.  It looks like a section of orange.  The
    outside ("rind" in the orange example) is highly polished.  I can
    hold the burnisher in a gloved hand (to resist heat) and use the
    point for fine work and the middle for broad burnishing.  It works
    pretty well for me. 

    Finally I patina with Lime-sulfur spray (thank you John Burgess), 
    and coat with clear engine enamel (thank you Charles Lewton-Brain)
    and set stones, etc.  I really like this technique and I must thank
    Charles Lewton-Brain for his wonderful description in the "Tips" plus
    all of you for your invaluable advice. 

Debby Hoffmaster


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