[Jewelry making - Article 00061] - Re: [Orchid] Engraved lines in wax

[Kenneth Ferrell]

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Lee:

    China white is water soluble, it comes in a small block or cake and
    you can just very slightly dampen your finger tip, rub it on the
    cake and wipe it on your wax it will fill the engraved lines, the
    man that started me engraving ( a skill I sure wish I was half good
    at ) used to wet his by spitting on his finger tip, I believe a
    sponge to be a trifle more sanitary 

    In it=92s intended function, it is used on metal to facilitate the
    drawing of pencil lines for engraving layout directly on metal,
    applied quite thin to the metal it won=92t flake off as you or when
    you draw or engrave on it . 

    The only draw back is it is quite expensive, a small cake about =BE by
    1/2  is around 15 dollars, But it lasts quite a while, my piece was
    bought from Swest about 8 or 9 years ago, and I've done quite a bit
    of lay out work with it and still have a decent portion left. I tried
    some on a piece of wax I attacked with an 18 liner and it picked up
    the lines quite well even where I cut a few very light spirals. 

    I would never have thought of checking my engraving lines that way
    glad I had time to peruse my Orchid for a change. It should prove a
    valuable technique for checking wax coming off my mill, 

Kenneth Ferrell
www.shadras.com

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