When deciding which texture band to fit the setting onto blue tac is your friend
It's also great for showing clients roughly what the stone will look like
blue tac and rubies the perfect combo, lol
When deciding which texture band to fit the setting onto blue tac is your friend
It's also great for showing clients roughly what the stone will look like
blue tac and rubies the perfect combo, lol
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Probably best to solder for the final deliverable though
I use blutak for handling stones rather than the more traditional wax; it's also handy for holding small objects (domes, for example) while sanding and so on.
Blu-Tack's my friend too. The beeswax mixed with powdered charcoal beloved of setters is slightly more sticky, but leaves a mess on stones and fingers. Well at least on mine, maybe because I get hot when I'm doing something difficult. An added bonus is that you can spell it in at least three different ways.
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Toe-mah-toe, To-may-toh... Let's call the whole thing off!
What is "blue tac" and how do you use it?
Hi Don - it's the adhesive putty-like stuff you stick posters to walls with; can't for the life of me think of the Stateside name for it right now.
Wikipedia is your friend too ;-) -
"Similar products from other manufacturers include "Tack-it" by Faber-Castell,"Buddies" (coloured pink), "Pritt-Tack", "Poster Putty", "Tac 'N Stick", "Ticky Tack", "Sticky Tack" and "White Tack" by German company UHU
In the USA, a similar, competing product in an orange colour is marketed under the brand "Elmer's Tack." "
Does that help?
Emma
Emma you are indeed a Wikiguru!
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