[Jewelry making - Article 01562] - [Orchid] Casting diamonds in place

[Travis Parry]

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    Hi all, I am looking to cast one of my bracelets in glass, and since
    my bracelet has a series of flush mount set black diamonds, i figure
    the only way to set these in glass would be to use cast in place
    diamonds. I remember once though that when you cast diamonds in place
    you have to add a certain amount of acid to the investment, by weight
    to prevent the investment from eating the diamonds during the
    burnout. what i don't remember is, what kind of acid to use, and how
    much of it to use. the process of casting glass is similar enough to
    casting metal that i feel fairly confident that the process should
    work the same, so whatever anyone knows about casting diamonds in
    place in metal should be useful to me for this glass project. 

    thank you all for any answers you can give me
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