[Jewelry making - Article 00167] - Re: [Orchid] Letters on Sterling

[Sandra Noble Goss]

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    You could etch the sterling silver with either nitric acid or ferric
    nitrate (Orchid archives will have a ton of info on these techniques)
    using PnP Blue Transfer Film (I get it from Electronix Express in NJ
    - they have a website). You can then produce your text on a computer,
    reverse it and photocopy or laser print it onto the PnP Blue Transfer
    Film. You then iron the ink onto the metal and etch ( the package
    comes with instructions and I have notes on etching - using ferric
    chloride and ferric nitrate -on my website www.makersgallery.com/goss
    - see techniques section) . 

    If you want the letters to be black - they must be recessed and
    patinated - so invert the colours on your printer so the background
    is black and the letters are white. That way the background will not
    etch (and remain silver) and the text will etch and be recessed and
    then you can use an oxidizing compound, or fill with enamel... 

Hope that's helpful.
Sandra 


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