Difference between revisions of "Surface Treatments and Finishing"

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Finishing a piece is sometimes an art of its own. For one thing, it requires an assessment of when you think your piece is done - "finished". That varies from piece to piece, and artist to artist. Let's start with what most might consider to be required for a finished piece.
 
Finishing a piece is sometimes an art of its own. For one thing, it requires an assessment of when you think your piece is done - "finished". That varies from piece to piece, and artist to artist. Let's start with what most might consider to be required for a finished piece.
  
--Buffing and Polishing--
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== Buffing and Polishing ==
 
*[http://gemstone.smfforfree4.com/index.php?topic=1010.0;wap2 Buffing and Polishing Guide] from Sharr Choate's book, Chapter 8: ''Creative Gold and Silversmithing''
 
*[http://gemstone.smfforfree4.com/index.php?topic=1010.0;wap2 Buffing and Polishing Guide] from Sharr Choate's book, Chapter 8: ''Creative Gold and Silversmithing''
  
--Patination--
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== Patination ==
*  '''[[Patination Recipes ]]'''  
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Chemical '''[[Patination Recipes ]]'''  
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*  Heat
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*  Fuming
  
--Surface treatment
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== Surface treatments ==
* Texturing
 
 
*  Hammer texture
 
*  Hammer texture
 
*  Satin finish
 
*  Satin finish
 
*  Wire brush
 
*  Wire brush
  
--Dyes, Inks, etc.--
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== Dyes, Inks, and other color application ==
  
--Protecting a finish--
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== Protecting a finish ==
  
  
 
.....More coming.
 
.....More coming.

Revision as of 18:30, 17 May 2017

Finishing a piece is sometimes an art of its own. For one thing, it requires an assessment of when you think your piece is done - "finished". That varies from piece to piece, and artist to artist. Let's start with what most might consider to be required for a finished piece.

Buffing and Polishing

Patination

Surface treatments

  • Hammer texture
  • Satin finish
  • Wire brush

Dyes, Inks, and other color application

Protecting a finish

.....More coming.