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  Norma Van Orman joined the group Liquid Enamel

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  Henry Borysewicz joined the group Liquid Enamel

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  Charles Winkel replied to a topic in the group Liquid Enamel :

  December 26, 2018

  I know that this is late. The base coat is just black enamel sprayed on top of the ground coat. Ground coat comes out gray, and you want the project to be black. This will allow for darker lines when drawing on the white granular coat. You can apply any c...
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  M. Quinnan Whittle replied to a topic in the group Liquid Enamel :

  September 20, 2018

  I’m familiar with Thompson’s GC16 and the ground for steel that Ferro makes, but am uncertain what the black or white base coat and the granular white coats are. Can someone enlighten me? Am I correct in assuming the base coat is a liquid form enamel. ...
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  Trish White posted a topic in the group Liquid Enamel :

  March 17, 2018

  Enameled Spiral Beads by Peter Grigg I was drawn to the idea of making enameled beads by Edmund Massow’s excellent article, “Enameling Copper Balls” (Glass on Metal, Issue 19, 2000). In the process of attempting to make cloisonne be...
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  June 18, 2017
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  Tonya Powell replied to a topic in the group Liquid Enamel :

  July 31, 2016

  1. Here what I've learned from both research and experiments about the difference between the two types of liquid form enamels: Brushable (LCE) enamel contains a water soluble polymer which does 2 things: allows it to retain moisture longer so that i...

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    Trish White Thanks Tonya, that cleared it up for me.

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  Ingrid Regula: this is a very wage question- liquid enamels and painting enamels are explained well in Thompson's enamel Workbook and glue is not used to my knowledge in either of these techniques.  Ingrid Regula  to Trish White's Question

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  Francoise Zainal joined the group Liquid Enamel

  January 4, 2016
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  Francoise Zainal: I never used liquid enamlel , it didn't exist   40 years ago when I enameled a lot . I bought some  enamel paint in powder, i have one liter of oil I used 40 years ago and santal oil I just bought with the  powders. BUT  can I mix the powder with...  moreI never used liquid enamlel , it didn't exist   40 years ago when I enameled a lot . I bought some  enamel paint in powder, i have one liter of oil I used 40 years ago and santal oil I just bought with the  powders. BUT  can I mix the powder with tramil glue  and paint with it. When I paint a miniature on old  ivory or on  bone, I use ox gall  and the paint  sticks really well to the bone if you tell me that I can mix this enamel  with water or  with tramil, I'll use tramil and try the ox gall  

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    Francoise Zainal May be I didn't speak clearly I mean can I make liquid enamel mixing dry enamel paint powder with tramil glue of with water or...

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  Rikki Mitman joined the group Liquid Enamel

  October 21, 2015
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  Garfield Stinvil posted a topic in the group Liquid Enamel :

  October 3, 2015

  What is Liquid Enamel? Enamel when ground can be suspended in water or in oil. In an aqueous solution, with special additives, it is supplied commercially as liquid enamel, sometimes called slush or crackle. When applied . . . Steel Preparation & Firing...
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  Andrew Findlay joined the group Liquid Enamel

  July 15, 2015
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  Terry Brake: Actually, the bubbles on my pieces, stoned half off, then made circular pits about a mm or less. These little pits were evenly spaced, with a border of the liq. black solid. They looked kind of good filled with a contrasting color opaque and leveled by...  moreActually, the bubbles on my pieces, stoned half off, then made circular pits about a mm or less. These little pits were evenly spaced, with a border of the liq. black solid. They looked kind of good filled with a contrasting color opaque and leveled by stoning. Fun. May use it for something real sometime.  

  March 7, 2010
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  Terry Brake: Thanks, Trish, will do a little more experimenting with thinner coverage. At the Nov workshop I attended at Thompson, painting enamels, with Tom, it was very nice coverage on the one little piece. BUT I didn't mix it up, they did it at the workshop for us...

  March 7, 2010