[Jewelry making - Article 00101] - Re: [Orchid] Niello Inlay Problems

[Ron Charlotte]

========[ Invite a Friend - http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm  ]========

    Well, the McCreight instructions call for fluxing the channels, and
    grinding the niello in water, then gently dried. The fusing process
    shouldn't take the niello past 540 C (1000F), and needs to be pretty
    uniform. Spot heating doesn't really seem to work very well. If the
    metal gets hotter than that, then you will have the problem of the
    lead content eating into the silver. Often it doesn't actually flow,
    and has to be helped along with a spreader. I think your mixing the
    ammonia chloride with the niello, probably didn't help matters. 

Ron Charlotte -- Gainesville, FL
ronch2 AT bellsouth.net OR afn03234 AT afn.org

____________________________________________________________________
T h e   O r c h i d   L i s t
Open Electronic Forum for Jewelry Manufacturing Methods and Procedures
____________________________________________________________________
Orchid FAQ:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/faq.htm
Orchid Archives:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive
Orchid Galleries:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/gallery.htm
Invite a Friend:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm
____________________________________________________________________
Tips From The Jeweler's Bench - Article Archive
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm
The Jeweler's Selected Bibliography List
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/jewelry-books
Buy Orchid Jewelry:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/shop
____________________________________________________________________
-Unsubscribe:
-Email: orchid-request AT ganoksin.com Body=unsubscribe subject=blank
____________________________________________________________________