[Jewelry making - Article 00016] - Re: [Orchid] Best material to stamp against?

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>     Have any of you discovered a material to use as a stamping surface
>     that has enough resistance to allow a crisp design on the back
>     side without distorting the front side too much? 

    You can use a hard planishing pitch, some available from Northwest
    pitch works, http://www.northwestpitchworks.com

    (I find their hard melts dangerously high and runny) 

    also from Fischer in Germany http://www.northwestpitchworks.com
    in the form of hard black setter pitch. (a bit brittle but does the
    job well) 

    You can use a regular pitch (softish) and then set it in the fridge
    for a while to harden it. You might even try ice..... 

    You can use aquaplast, and jett sett for a rock hard surface. Hot
    glue can have its place as a resiliant surface. 

    Traditional might be orange flake shellac but I do not recommend
    this, too brittle, bad organic chemicals (it is ground up bug shell
    exudations) and it melts dangerously high. 

    and so on.. 

best
Charles
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