Re: PMC pendant and a question

Nice, Kathy,

Did you make it from the sheet PMC, or from rolled out clay?

Tina

impression.

How we did small pcs like this in the shop: put the item on a length of 20 gauge copper wire that's been coiled a bit at both ends to give you something to hold onto. Hold the item against the buffing wheel from different angles until polished to your satisfaction. If your buffing surface is on a mototool, clamp the mototool stationary, so you can use both hands to get an even polish. Hope that's clear.

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Tumbling is the easiest way to polish it.

Tina

impression.

thanks :)

Made from PMC+ clay. I haven't got to play with the sheets yet.

Thanks for the idea!

Kathy K

Ok- more info about tumbling please. Is this just using a regular rock tumbler? (I used to have one of those years ago).

I remember the thread last week about the using stainless steel shot in it- was that from PMC pieces?

Kathy K

"Christina Peterson" wrote

You're welcome! And the pendant turned out beautifully! Isn't it amazing what an intricate and fancy look you can get from a rubber stamp! When it dried, I thought the design had disappeared - but once it was oxidized and tumbled, it came back - what a magical medium!

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It is. What do you use for oxidation? We used liver of sulfur in class. I was just wondering if there was anything else that can be used.

Thanks!

I rolled the clay to about 5 cards thick (anyone else use card for measuring??). The I stamped the piece with a rubber stamp. I added the squiggly lines with an awl. I also oxidized the piece with liver of sulfur so the "figure" would stand out.

Thanks- something else to investigate! Hmm my old one may still be in storage in N. Ga :)

Kathy K

polishing/burnishing/hardening

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@aol.compuppies (Dr. Sooz) :

]Silver black. Liver of sulfur is too -- temporary. In that it goes bad so ]fast.

bad liver. eeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

Yeah, hate LoS. Our instructor had something called "Max Black" from Rio Grande. It made the silver black very quickly. I have JAX Silver Blackener at home, which is the same acid - it must be a weaker solution, because it takes longer and doesn't get as black. REMEMBER to drop the piece in baking soda solution afterward. Some of the oxidizer will stay in the pores of the PMC. It could irritate the skin, and even continue to erode the item.

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It also works faster if it's warmer.

Tina

Yeah, my husband reminded me of that. We used to heat it on the shop stove. Nothing like clouds of warm LoS wafting by. :^P"

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