[Jewelry making - Article 00625] - Re: [Orchid] Keum Boo Nightmare

[Noel]

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    Here are a couple of ways to tell when Kum Boo is hot enough. I,
    allso, use a steel plate to heat on. If you sand a small area clean
    before heating, when it turns blue, you've reached heat. Sound
    handy? Well, I just learned a much more convenient method from our
    own Elaine Luther. Keep a toothpick or bamboo skewer on hand. When
    touching it to the workpiece (or was it the piece of metal for
    heating on? Elaine?) causes it to turn brown or black, or give off a
    tiny puff of smoke, it is hot enough. I have tried this, and found
    it very convenient and effective. I touched it to the workpiece,
    since I was working on a series of pieces that had, oddly enough, a
    piece of tubing on the back, and therefore didn't lie flat. No hole,
    didn't think to hang it over the edge. It worked great. 

HTH! --Noel

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