HammerTitanGuy
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Hello,
I am workign with fine silver. Engraving and hammering it to achieve various textures. I am using dark brown shellac to hold the piece. When I am done with the piece, I heat it up to remove the shellac. But pieces still stick. When I enamel them, it destroys the color and causes problems. Problems are:
1) Heating the silver thoroughly which will remove the shellac however it destroys the shine
2) Dipping it in acetone/boiling water which rarely works and also destroys the shine
3) Heating it using torch (carefully), does not remove the shellac completely.
I would appreciate some advice on;
1) How to remove shellac without destroying the shine
2) How to make sure silver is clean of dirt/grease (so it is ready for enameling) without destroying the shine
Thank you so much. I am in a country where thermoloc is not available so would appreciate any ways around the above problem.
I am workign with fine silver. Engraving and hammering it to achieve various textures. I am using dark brown shellac to hold the piece. When I am done with the piece, I heat it up to remove the shellac. But pieces still stick. When I enamel them, it destroys the color and causes problems. Problems are:
1) Heating the silver thoroughly which will remove the shellac however it destroys the shine
2) Dipping it in acetone/boiling water which rarely works and also destroys the shine
3) Heating it using torch (carefully), does not remove the shellac completely.
I would appreciate some advice on;
1) How to remove shellac without destroying the shine
2) How to make sure silver is clean of dirt/grease (so it is ready for enameling) without destroying the shine
Thank you so much. I am in a country where thermoloc is not available so would appreciate any ways around the above problem.
