[Jewelry making - Article 00235] - Re: [Orchid] Keum boo techniques

[JoJu428]

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>     I'm thinking that if it's about .004" or thicker then one could
>     probably roll out 24k foil oneself.  Is there something I'm not
>     realizing here? 

    Hi, Trevor, You certainly can rollout your own. If your mill doesn't
    bring it down thin enough, place the thinned out sheet between two
    pieces of oxidized copper sheets (so it doesn't stick to the copper)
    and continue to roll. I have also made gold alloys with only silver
    or palladium, rolled these out and bonded these to  the base of
    sterling. This gives one an opportunity to "play" with color
    variations of the appliqued metal. Just keep copper out of the
    alloy. Keum Boo doesn't only work with 24K.  Have fun,  Joe Dule 


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