Ivor and Olive Lewis on tue 13 nov 07
Well friends,
It is easy to do. Greg Daly describes a way to make Resinate Lustres, =
page 130 in "Glazes and Glazing Techniques". All you need is a hot plate =
and some shallow ceramic basins. If you choose Nitrates as your basis =
for the metal keep the temperature of the reaction low otherwise you =
might get a violent reaction as the Resin heats up
If you hunt around in some of the older books there is a recipe which =
needs 24 Karat Gold Bullion as the original metal. It is rather involved =
and quite dangerous. Boiling concentrated Aqua Regia, 1/3 Nitric =
acid::2/3 Hydrochloric acid can be a bit dodgy.
All the best,
Ivor Lewis.
Redhill,
South Australia.
John Rodgers on tue 13 nov 07
Ivor,
Making one's own lusters sound intriguing.
But;
Boiling Aqua Regia???
Sounds dangerous. I think I would wear rubber boots, a full length
rubber rain slicker, a helmet, a full face shield, and rubber gloves at
a minimum, while boiling those three together. Wouldn't want that stuff
on me anywhere.
Regards,
John Rodgers
Ivor and Olive Lewis wrote:
> Well friends,
>
> It is easy to do. Greg Daly describes a way to make Resinate Lustres, page 130 in "Glazes and Glazing Techniques". All you need is a hot plate and some shallow ceramic basins. If you choose Nitrates as your basis for the metal keep the temperature of the reaction low otherwise you might get a violent reaction as the Resin heats up
>
> If you hunt around in some of the older books there is a recipe which needs 24 Karat Gold Bullion as the original metal. It is rather involved and quite dangerous. Boiling concentrated Aqua Regia, 1/3 Nitric acid::2/3 Hydrochloric acid can be a bit dodgy.
>
> All the best,
>
> Ivor Lewis.
> Redhill,
> South Australia.
>
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pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on thu 15 nov 07
Hi Ivor,
...makes enchantingly aethereal 'Purple' fumes though I think...if memory
serve...
Phil
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ivor and Olive Lewis"
Well friends,
It is easy to do. Greg Daly describes a way to make Resinate Lustres, page
130 in "Glazes and Glazing Techniques". All you need is a hot plate and some
shallow ceramic basins. If you choose Nitrates as your basis for the metal
keep the temperature of the reaction low otherwise you might get a violent
reaction as the Resin heats up
If you hunt around in some of the older books there is a recipe which needs
24 Karat Gold Bullion as the original metal. It is rather involved and quite
dangerous. Boiling concentrated Aqua Regia, 1/3 Nitric acid::2/3
Hydrochloric acid can be a bit dodgy.
All the best,
Ivor Lewis.
Redhill,
South Australia.
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