[Jewelry making - Article 00242] - Re: [Orchid] Cleaning a Casting

[Christine Pyman]

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>     Can I use the same files I would use to file the wax to finish the
>     casting or do I need to buy seperate files? 

    Separate files - Usually wax files are much coarser than metal files
    so the wax does not clog up the teeth. I use a no.2 cut file,
    followed by a fine needle file then differing sand paper grades (
    does depend what you are doing though) - 

cheers, Christine in Sth
Australia
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