enamelling help pleeeeease

[Ella McIntosh, Pewterer]

im venturing into the world of cold enamelling....

does anybody know if this enamel Epoxy Enamel Paste Red 30gm Un 3082 from good-old cooksons is opaque??

if not does anybody know of where to get an opaque red cold enamel???

thanks in advance :)

ella

[MuranoSilver]

Most enamel mixes are relatively clear (if there's lots of pigment it might not set)
colores resin to an opaque set and I think Claire Johns of CJ Resins could probably
sort you out too (her are Ok with the Cooksons ones)
Nic x

[mizgeorge]

The chemset resins Cooksons sell are exactly the same ones that Clare John at cjresins (http://www.cjresins.co.uk) has, but hers are significantly cheaper! The pastes give a very flat opaque result - you use only a tiny amount of paste, and it becomes more opaque the more pigment you use.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4121/4876474103_8f5c36df54_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mizgeorge/4876474103/)
commission cufflinks (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mizgeorge/4876474103/) by mizgeorge (http://www.flickr.com/people/mizgeorge/), on Flickr

[Ella McIntosh, Pewterer]

THANK-YOU THANK-YOU THANKYOU ALLLLLLL :)

my first post on the forum with spectacular results! brilliant...let the enamelling/resin commence, hopefully ill be able to post a picture of some results soon yay.

ta very much
ella

[AlexandraBuckle]

George those cufflinks are LUSH!
Welcome to the forum Ella :~:

[mizgeorge]

Aw, thank you Alexandra :) They were trickier than I expected as they're a match to a very prescriptive client logo. GETi did an amazing job on laser etching them for me to get deep enough to make the resin really effective. I have to admit to being a complete convert to the chemset resins now, and consistently love the results. I was lucky enough to do a two day workshop with Clare John in the summer - what a fab teacher - and lots of those little lightbulb moments that make a course really worthwhile.

[AlexandraBuckle]

Well they came out very well - so neat!