[Jewelry making - Article 00116] - Re: [Orchid] Inexpensive wax lubricant?

[hunner]

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Tammy,

    Just about everything oily works as a wax lubricant. 

    I've used olive oil, butter, and other nifty preparations from Kerr,
    Rio, and Matt. 

    I like the silicone sprays from castaldo, spritz, or Zero D Products
    for a 'no muss, no fuss' solution. The spray silicone for jewelry
    molds comes out as a very fine mist. Hardware stores even carry a
    silicone spray lubricant, but the brand I tried came out of the spray
    can in a very coarse spray. 

    If you're using organic or porous stones that might absorb the
    lubricants, maybe it's better to use a different technique without
    lubricant to get the wax fitted to the stone. I 'ruined' a very nice
    spider web turquoise back in the 70's using butter as a wax release.
    It was a fine sky blue and ended up a little greenish a month after
    I'd set it. I know it was my fault cuz I set it and then put it
    away. When I got it back out to sell at a show, its color was
    changed. 

    Chuck from Asheville (well, today I'm in Las Cruces where the Sun is
    doing its best to burn through some low clouds.)

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