[Jewelry making - Article 00027] - Re: [Orchid] Preparing pitch bowl

[Roger Bowersox]

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    I have changed from using plaster in the pitch pots to Quickrete.
    One of the professors here likes to cool the pitch in running water.
    If water gets under the pitch the plaster breaks down and mixes with
    the pitch making a mess. I also buy the 6 or 8 inch acorn fence post
    tops from Hoover Fence for the pots and lawnmower tires(pop out the
    plastic centers) for the pitch pot holder. We use heat guns, the kind
    used to remove paint, to soften the pitch. In the summer I just set
    the pitch pot out in the sun for some southern exposure.

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