[Jewelry making - Article 00293] - Re: [Orchid] Sealing Patina Colors

[Rick and Lisa Weber]

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    It sounds as though the colors you are trying to preserve are the
    bright, peacock colors you can get with LOS. I aven't found any way
    to do this, and in a workshop with Judy Hoch, who gets wonderful,
    bright patinas, she shared that she has never found a coating or wax
    that perseves the colors. She just leaves them without a sealant, and
    discloses that colors are not permanent, but change over time. 

    Coatings apparently change the refraction of light on the surface of
    the piece, altering the colors percieved. I have heard conversation
    of this sort before, and have never heard anything different - you
    either dull the colors, or leave it uncoated. 

Lisa Weber
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