[Jewelry making - Article 00521] - Re: [Orchid] ColorIt and mass-production

[John Donivan]

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>     It is a versatile substance, and unlike Elaine's summation does
>     quite look like and act like traditional enamel once fully
>     cured..and in many ways is superior to glass enamels, 

    we use Ceramit now and then, which is basically the same thing as
    Colorit - had a run on American flags there, for awhile.. The problem
    I have with it is polish. They say it can be polished but not by me,
    I guess. If it can be done then it's going to be a learning curve.
    There's an inherent porosity to it also that will pick up compound
    and get "dirty", too. What that translates into is that you have
    something like cloisonnes and fill them with resin, and you have to
    do it (I have, anyway) at the very last and leave it alone. You
    either need to be completely anal about stuff like having color on
    top of the borders or just live with it, because it can't be ground
    like glass. Plus colors will bleed immediately if they touch when
    wet. It's real handy for adding some color - I'm not sure I'd use it
    on a large scale, but that depends on what the product is, too. 

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