[Jewelry making - Article 01190] - Re: [Orchid] Yellow cloudiness in enamels

[Karen Seymour-Ells]

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    Hi, I will readily admit that I don't do much firing of transparent
    enamels on silver, so I'm not the expert you were looking for. You
    don't seem to be getting a lot of response on this though so I would
    like to state two common problems it could be. 

    1) As someone else mentioned, to get really clear enamels you need
    to remove the fines, or the powdery enamels that exist after
    grinding. You need a little bit but not as much as is normal. Tom
    Ellis did this by using 3 layers of sifting trays. 150 mesh on top,
    325 mesh in the middle and a catch pan on the bottom. You use the
    stuff that ends up in the middle tray to get the clear transparents.
    He said to discard the fines, but most of us use them as counter
    enamel instead. 

    2) Many enamelists complain that they can't get a truly clear enamel
    on silver from Thompsons. I agree that you should try Tom Ellis at
    Thompsons and ask, but don't limit yourself to just that. You may
    also want to call Coral Shaffer at 800-596-3257 or 206-525-9271, she
    sells imported enamels that some of my friends have much better luck
    with, of course, these are not lead-free as Thompsons are. 

Karen


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