I'm looking for a mica powder to embed in glass and kiln fired. Will this hold up? If not, is there a mica powder you know of that will? thanks
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i don't know if this mica powder will work for glass work, but you could contact Jacquard to inquire. you can find their website online. if not, i recommend the leader in industrial mica powder (EMD), which i've used for painting, etc. - but i had to order large quantities. good luck!! http://www.emd-performance-materials.com/en/coatings/coatings_pyrisma/coatings_pyrisma.html
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I truly don't know. You could try on a scrap piece. The directions say bake in oven at 350* or air dry for x amount of days. You can use it on ceramic that has already been fired, but I do not know how it would do with bisque. I was planning on trying it on glass, but have yet to find the time. You might be able to contact the company and see what the max heat rating for this would be. Sorry I couldn't help you any better on this.
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I have! I love the stuff! I have a favorite beaded glasses holder which broke. I removed a couple of beads and glued the thread and beads together over a year ago and I wear it daily!
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lead free? probably. Getting a supply of glaze with lead would probably be difficult. If it were some weird, uncommon color, I might be more skeptical. Made in America? doubtful. Anyway, I didn't know this until recently but some of the kiln factories in china are hundreds of years old and quite famous. If your cup has no mention of a kiln, it's not from one of the highly regarded kiln factories. price is indicative.
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I'm sorry, but I cannot help with that one. I had a hobby shop suggest Weldbond for me to glue a glass handle on a small glass pitcher and it did not hold at all. I tried twice, let it dry in correct position, left it alone for a couple weeks and when I stood it upright after a short while the handle fell off. Again, this was smooth glass onto smooth glass. Hopefully it might hold on a painted wall. It might. It is supposed to be an excellent product, but didn't help me.
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Its a good idea to separate some of them obsidian was in mine and they just disappear if tumbled with quartz. They give you enough rocks for around 1 batch but some of them will come out poorly if all tumbled together.
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Personally I have never applied it with stones in place. As I've mentioned before I like to heat the piece to ( a blowdryer works for me) so I guess if the stone can take the heat I don't see why it wouldn't work. Although I would definitely do a test piece first :-)
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Upon opening the color looked very bright. But once applied the color is subtle and natural looking and is only slightly iridescent. It does not leave mica specks and also blends very well! Hope this helps. :)
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I think it may be possible, but I would contact Jacquard to find out the best liquid base to mix the powders with - and if the mixture would work with an airbrush. They have various varnishes and base products they offer for use with their mica powders - http://www.jacquardproducts.com/pearl-ex-pigments.html
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Depends on the rock! Mica chews the blades up really badly, and other shiny or hard stones are really bad for them. Sandstone, granite, and anything with a 'soft gritty' feel to it seems to work out really well. I've made 20+ pendants with these, including both putting single holes (which are a little large! Warning!), doing lines (also a little thicker than I'd like!) and carving them into shapes. Think about 2mm wide holes. I actually love the crap out of these for cutting stone, and work with them a ton. They also work great on bone. If doing glass like the other feller suggests, go very slow, with water, and don't let it heat up or you'll break the glass. You also need to use one of the flat-ended column types at an angle to really carve into it quickly, or the rounded cylinder shape to just press on through. The points will not work for this and are better left to detail work going sideways. There's also different bits in the newer version, including a bit with a fat head, tipped by a thin little "blade round" which is fantastic for straight lines and engraving if you can handle the width.
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It comes with a lightweight aggregate (called vermiculite) that spreads the fire out quite nicely. Fire glass would work as well, but make it much heavier and limit the portability of it.
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When used for sharpening knives, chisels, and planes, I have heard people discuss 20 year life. I have seen NO perceptible wear in my four DMT stones, some of which are several years old. I read a review where someone was using it as sandpaper (really???) and was disappointed, although I bet it was clogging rather that losing the diamond grit. The extra coarse is for reshaping the cutting edge - my newest stone - and it is likely to replace my grinder (which led to too many funny shapes and angles) I got the coarse to flatten my waterstones, but found it also worked great on dull blades (as the first step). Someone said they used the extra coarse to flatten waterstones, but I don't want to remove that much material - regular coarse works fine on all my waterstones. There is no medium The fine is outstanding for a quick touch up of chisels or for extreme sharpening of kitchen knives. Big advantage is soap and water clean up of kitchen contamination. The extra extra fine (it has a different name) is disappointing. I found it worth going to waterstones after the "fine" DMT. I use 4000, 8000 and now 13000 grit waterstones, occasionally followed by honing compound.
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not sure, maybe try with the primer, should stick but not sure how smooth it will look, has to be smooth as glass or any imperfection will show up
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It has held up fine on my hand tools, and the experiment surfaces I've tried. For what it's worth, I had to remove it from a surface and it required a good bit of elbow grease with a sharpened putty knife. If you do decide to give it a go, please share your results. Good luck, hope this helped.
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I haven't tried burning this material, but I do think it will not hold up well with a direct flame. You probably need stainless steel for that.
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Pre-ramp my kiln to about 1778F, place the piece onto a fiber blanket, and hold the temp for 30 minutes. I prefer Art Clay because it doesn
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I don't know. I'm just a beginner I got it because it is low fire clay . You might want to look at the company's website for all safe uses.