[Jewelry making - Article 00643] - Re: [Orchid] Repairing molded wax

[Peter W . Rowe]

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>       My question: is there a sealing compound, say something like the
>     whiteout used for covering typing errors, that is appropriate to
>     fill the small problem spots in the wax copies? 

    You can get a little jar of a white paste wax called disclosing wax.
     It's a dental wax.  A little on a fingertip will smear over your
    model filling minor holes and depressions.  But it's not perfect,
    your casting will still be slightly rougher there. 

    Personally, I just use a wax pen, with a pointy tip, and just a
    little bit of the same injection wax the model is made of, and touch
    to hole or defect. The tiny bit of wax on the pen fills it to a slight
    bump.  You can scrape that off with a scalpel or other wax tool if
    you like, especially while it's still warm, or just leave it and take
    it off in the casting when you polish the casting. Low spots or holes
    in a casting often require a LOT of material to be taken off,
    sometimes with considerable damage to the design.  But a slight bump
    comes off in a seconds during just normal lapping/polishing
    operations, with no damage at all to most non-textured surfaces. 

Peter


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