[Jewelry making - Article 00594] - Re: [Orchid] Gluing wax pieces together

[John Donivan]

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>     It was probably asked already but how about welding with a wax
>     pen? You should be able to plunge that hot puppy into the join and
>     get a complete weld, no? 

    Several have mentioned sticky wax, whick obviously works fine in
    places. The problem is that it's thick and isn't right in some
    places. In the example I mentioned yesterday, which I actually cast,
    it was a triangle inside a circle, and all of the edges were around
    2.5mm wide. It needed to be put on a backing plate to be inlaid
    (obviously it could be carved fresh, but that's not the point)
    Another place I used it was putting wax letters or numbers down on a
    piece, like 25 year pins and stuff. You can go around all of those
    edges with a wax pen, yes, but it's a huge, messy job, and you can't
    get in the middle of it - you can only get the edges. If any
    investment gets underneath, which it will if there's any way for it
    (vacuum investing), it will blow the casting. That's where something
    more like a glue is needed, something thin and compatable with wax
    and burnout, and superglue does a good job of it, except again it
    doesn't have a lot of strength - glue it and leave it alone as much
    as possible. 

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