[Jewelry making - Article 00440] - Re: [Orchid] Difficulties with Silver granulation

[ElegantBee]

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    You don't mention if you are working with Sterling Silver or Fine
    Silver. Fine silver is easier to granulate with. I have never used
    the copper coating with silver granules, only with gold, and that is
    a step which you can eliminate. Hide glue is still sold in some old
    fashioned hardware stores, or suppliers for woodworkers. It is a
    brownish color, and is a thick, slow running substance. If you can
    find it in it's sluggishly liquid form, you can use it directly from
    the bottle. I've never run into a problem with additives. The mixture
    to use for the 'granule holding' process is: approximately 10 drops
    water, one or two drops hide glue, and about 4 drops of liquid flux,
    using a small eye dropper. Remember to heat the piece with the hide
    glue on it in slow stages, and have it set in the kiln before you
    heat it enough so the hide glue dissolves away. At that point the
    granules are loose and will fall off or roam around if you move the 
    piece.

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