[Jewelry making - Article 00239] - Re: [Orchid] Sealing Patina Colors

[juliette arda]

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Hi Melissa,

    I only use patina every now and then, but I 've never been
    disappointed with it. 

    Here is what I usually do: 

    I never polish completly my work before patination. 

    Sometimes I even reanneal and pickle it at this stage, so I have a
    nice white greasefree paper-like surface for the patina. 

    Once I dipped the piece in liver of sulphur and rinse it, I burnish
    the patina into the metal in the barrel (with steel shots
    demineralized water and lubricant). 

    (It is good to clean the shots and barrel afterward.) Then I seal the
    colour with homemade beeswax-turpentine paste. 

Juliette Arda
Artiste-Bijoutire
Aix en Provence, France
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