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From: Kay
Date: Wed Dec 01 20:11:00 2004
 
     
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    Okay, I have to add in my "probably worthless" 2 cents.  I only took
    one course in repoussee at the community college and only did a few
    pieces, so am totally inexperienced.  However, we were taught to
    spray the piece of silver that was to be repoussed with the cooking
    spray Pam before putting it on the pitch. 

    We then pressed the piece into the softened pitch so it came up over
    the edges a tiny bit.  Let harden and had at it.  When we removed
    it, it came away with only a tiny bit of pitch along the edges which
    was easily wiped off.  What didn't wipe off was simply torched away. 

    Incidentally, we also had very small pitch pots - they were actually
    baking pans of heavy foil, not too deep.  They worked great (were
    certainly economical for a class situation). 

Kay

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