[Jewelry making - Article 00031] - Re: [Orchid] Preparing pitch bowl

[Aidan Breen]

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Hi Donna,

    The first suggestion I would make would be to forget the plaster and
    insert a chunk or chunks of wood of a suitable size into your bowl.
    Forget the oven also, I'm forty six years working at this trade and
    I have never heard of anyone putting pitch in an oven and in the
    interests of safety I don't think its a great idea. All you need is
    a stainless steel pot to melt your pitch in at a low heat and then
    just pour your melted pitch into the pitch bowl. 

Keep safe
Aidan Breen

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