[Jewelry making - Article 00715] - Re: [Orchid] Backing Moonstones

[Kaytzbdz]

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    Dear Sandra, Another Orchidian (thanks, Donna) shared with me that to
    raise cabbed stones to a desired level, use the plastic (comes in
    variety of thicknesses) that model train people use to make the
    little windows in the train cars.  You can cut to size, stack, and
    set.  And it doesn't deteriorate.  Use this instead of sawdust to
    back the stones for example. 

    I have used it that way, and also have used permanent paint pens
    found at art stores to color the plastic shape that will back a
    stone or bead. The resulting color under the translucent stone or
    glass bead (cut and cabbed) can be very subtle by mixing, stacking,
    etc. or very obvious.  Turn the painted surface upside down for a
    very subtle difference, but of course, the color effect would be
    reversed. 

    Find the plastic sheets (fairly more expensive than you think they
    might be) at model train shops.  The clear plastic does come in some
    colors, as I remember, aqua and yellow, and of course clear. 

Kay Taylor



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