Prepping A casting Crucible

[ps_bond]

Do Boots still carry it?

[Di Sandland]

I'm pretty sure they do - I make a paste with it using honey. Good for mouth ulcers

[Kwant]

I am desperate to do some casting. I have melted a little bit of scrap on my heat block thing and love the way it looks. My partner is now hiding things he thinks might get nabbed for melting. I read today that quite a number of you have little jars full of spheres much like the ones Nic made for her twisted bangle which I might say was lovely.

I still have some way to go before I get into all that, but still it looks like it could be great fun. I have well noted the way to condition a crucible, though I might need to get a better torch first

[Di Sandland]

Making silver spheres (and gold but not so many of those ) is one of my favourite pastimes. I use a lot of my scrap up that way and then have a ready supply for granulation.

Watching the stuff spin and the little clouds pass across the surface is quite addictive.

[Nikolai]

Its good idea

[arian]

Wilkinson's stock borax.

[Ominicci]

They don't have it in my local Tesco, Boots or Wilkinsons grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

[mizgeorge]

They don't have it in my local Tesco, Boots or Wilkinsons grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

You can just scrape some off your borax cone though Nicci - you don't have to have the powdered version.

[arian]

They don't have it in my local Tesco, Boots or Wilkinsons grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Shame. I've not seen it in Tesco, but I got a couple of boxes from Wilko.

[Ominicci]

You can just scrape some off your borax cone though Nicci - you don't have to have the powdered version.

OMG I have been praying for someone to say that George! I had though it was a no no as there might be something else it was mixed with to make it into the solid cone shape. That is a perfect use for my now largely redundant borax cone!

THANK YOU GEORGE