[Jewelry making - Article 00331] - Re: [Orchid] Keum boo techniques

[Trevor F]

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>             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 .... 

    Thanks for the tip on _oxidizing_ the copper sheets. I'd tried the
    copper sheet trick before and thought who ever had recommended it
    had a screw loose 'cause the 24k stuck like glue to my copper sheets
    which, of course, I'd made a point of cleaning as thoroughly as I
    could. But they sure were pretty when I was done _and_ I'd managed
    to dispose of that pesky 24k. 

    Re: rolling your own Kum Boo foil: The reference I have (in Metals
    Technic) indicates using foil in the .001-2" range which I've found
    rather prone to stretching and tearing. Now that I have a rolling
    mill I'd like to try the whole thing again but am wondering how thin
    is "thin enough"? 

Cheers,
Trevor F.


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