[Jewelry making - Article 01493] - [Orchid] Keum boo techniques

[Tom or Grace Stokes]

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    Hello all,  I just purchased my first piece of Keum boo foil .  I
    live in Cleveland and since there are never any workshops or
    instruction in this area I am going to try it on my own.  I have
    read the various posts from Orchid and gone through the archives,
    but I am still a little confused about exactly how to go about it. 
    I am going to try to complete the piece before applying the gold.  I
    have read somewhere that it is good to depletion guild the surface
    of the sterling to bring it up to fine silver and have it as clean
    as possible for good adherance of the gold.  Some questions I have
    are - should I have all findings, posts, etc. already attached
    beforehand.(assuming I would have to drill into a piece of brass to
    place over my hotplate for the posts??)  How about buffing,
    firescale removal. I would assume all of that would have to be done
    beforehand.  However, I read somewhere that people actually apply
    the gold and then continue to construct the piece and I wonder how
    you can clean, buff etc. after the gold is attached without removal
    or damage. 

    At the risk of asking for repetitive information, I would love some
    pointers and they can be sent off the list to me at
    zunifaro AT stratos.net    

    Thanks,  Grace in Cleveland where there are never any workshops and 
    a desperate need of them!


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