[Jewelry making - Article 00937] - Re: [Orchid] Red pitch and a bowl

[Daniel Culver]

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    I haven't followed this whole thread, but what I do is; to maintain
    four pitch bowls I keep my pitch in a large slow cooker. Each bowl is
    kept full to within about three-quarter inch of the top. I use a
    ladle to add my pitch mix from a slow cooker (I used experience to
    find the setting were the pitch is just warm enough to spoon out) to
    the piece I working and if necessary to the bowl to support the
    piece. Since my pitch is formulated to be a little too soft ( talc
    and olive oil) to use at room temperate, I put the whole thing into
    the freezer for about 30 minutes while I work on another piece.
    Because I like the pitch soft formulated so I can develop fine detail
    faster in 18 gauge sterling, I can only work until the pitch softens
    further behind the thin layer next to the sterling that softenes
    quickly and when the metal starts moving too much or the whole piece
    starts moving from it's setting in the bowl it goes back into the
    freezer. 

    I can't say this is the best way to work with pitch, but I like it.
    Working this way I sometimes use up to four bowls working for the
    day. 

Dan
Daniel Culver
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