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...if you don't enter that in the Miscellaneous Category of SOTM I will never make Halushki for you again! Bob, that is the bee's knees! Bee-Yoo-Tee-Ful! Love....Jill
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Bob nice art. actually, before i open the post up, i was thinking.....uh oh another skull-flame- tribal-doohickey-but that's clean. ? did you brush the clear over just the gold art area? and what type of clear do you prefer, PPg ?
i have a kid who wants something done & was concerned about the chaffing etc. while playing. take care Z
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The clear I used is Nason, made by Dupont (their inexpensive line). It is a two part clear. 4:1 ratio.
Nason (green and yellow cans) 496-00 Clearcoat 483-79 Activator
I brushed it on with a #8 quill.
This stuff dries pretty quickly, so it's tough to brush on an area larger than 3-4" in diameter. You have to keep a wet edge, or it gets gummy quickly. The pot life is nice and long though.
It could be scratched with a fingernail within the first day or two, but after that, it seems very tough, and unable to leave marks in it.
I did a few other guitars with it, and the people said it holds up really well.
Thanks again.
Peace, Bob
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Bob Kaschak Artisan Sign And Design Peru New York Posts: 1873 | From: Upstate NY | Registered: Jul 2002
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Anne, using a dowel or arbor w/soft velvet attached, you spin velvet in a pattern over leaf after burnishing to create a overlapping star pattern that resembles "engine-turning" of the 20's-30's found on dashboards of expensive cars of that era, nice effect...Signgold uses effect for their version...looks like circles and stars, damn cool when done right...
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I never thought I'd see the day that I'd like varigated leaf over 23k on a project but this is it. This is one sweet job Bob.
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Anne, you just took me outside of my knowledge limits, I'm just a babe n' the woods when it comes to water gilding, I can do it, learned from one of the best, Isador Posner, but; I haven't done enough to consider myself remotely qualified to answer that question...
What I can do is give you my opinion from observations over time and space...I've seen spun gold on glass, glass of which has to be done in reverse, somehow; how is what I don't know, but I've seen it and you know what they say about if it looks like, smells like, walks like, it must be a duck!!! Yes, I'd almost assurdedly say yes, it would apply there too...maybe someone smarter than the two of us, will feel pity and further splay me w/the true story or answer, as it may be...Kent, Ron, David???
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Anne, just like Frank said. Just about any soft, to semi-coarse cloth will work. For a "soft" spin, I use velour, and for a more pronounced spin, I use velvet. The velour makes a nice fine looking burnish, where as the velvet will leave more noticable swirls. (if that make sense).
If I use a soft spinner, it takes more spins (maybe using a cordless drill to lightly spin it), where velvet only takes hand pressure with a 1/2 to 3/4 spin.
Different diameter spinners for different size letters. I just did a sign with letters that were 18" high. I used a spinner about 6" in diameter. For 2-3" letters, I use a 1-2" diameter spinner.
I know very little about water gilding, and now I am curious about spinning gold on glass.
Peace, Bob
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Wow, Bob! he'll never miss a Note now!! Very Fine!...in this case...The Darkest Hour is Just Before Dawn....doesn't apply! (RIP D.D....Mamas and the Papas)
re" engine turning on reverse glass work,i did it on a portion of the glass panel we did at the Black Hills gold rush '04... GENTLY i burnt thru a bit on one turn, but...it looks cool, overall. I used 1shot goldsize, letting tack up to squeak time...
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i burnt thru a bit on one turn, but...it looks cool, overall. I used 1shot goldsize, letting tack up to squeak time...
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