Last Update 5/13/08

Accessory Items for Plique-a-Jour

Plique- A-Jour Wire All wire sold by the foot.

WSS-1 Fine Silver Flat Wire (0.040" x 0.010") $2.90/ft

WSS-6 Sterling Silver Step-Bezel Wire $4.10/ft.

ITW IT Solder Wire 1/4 oz Melting point of approx. 1490°F $8.75
ITS IT Solder Sheet (1-1/2" X 2") 1/4 oz. Melting point of approx. 1490°F $10.15

SLD Eutectic Silver Solder Sold in 1-16" dia wire (1/2 Troy oz) Melting point of approx. 1490°F. Strip is 33-1/2 " long 1/2 Troy oz coil $9.55

 

Oxidized Steel Plates For soldering plique-a-jour wires. 3 sizes 18 ga.

OSP-1 2" square $0.65

OSP-2 1-1/2" square $0.65

OSP-3 1-1/2" x 2" rectangle $0.65

Glass Etching Cream - Resist Medium

ETCH-1 Armour Etch no longer available

ETCH-3 Etchall Dip 'n Etch is a reusable liquid with the consistency of water that gives an etched mat finish to most vitreous surfaces. Dip 'n Etch is easy to use and takes only a few minutes. Note: ETCH-3 cannot be shipped by air. Dip 'n Etch 4 fl. oz. $21.20

ETCH-4 Etchall Etching Cream can be used to convert a glossy vitreous surface into a mat surface. The surface can be kept as is for it's textural appearance, or used as a substrate for easily drawing with ceramic pencils, crayons or lead pencils. Upon refiring, the enamel surface will return to it's original high-gloss surface. A transparent flux or color may be applied before the refiring, if desired. Etching Cream 4 oz. $19.05

REST-1 Resist Gel forms a protective barrier against Dip 'n Etch or Etching Cream. This barrier prevents the surface from being etched. Comes in a bottle with a dispensing tip. Free hand a design by dispensing directly from the bottle, or brush evenly on a larger surface. Resist Gel 4 fl. oz. $11.65

Citric Acid for Edinburgh Etch

Etch-2 Powder form Citric Acid (Anhydrous). Mix with PCB Etchant (ferric chloride) available at Radio Shack. Resulting etching solution has greater etching ability and longer life the ferric chloride alone.

ETCH-2 1 oz. Citric Acid Powder in plastic container $3.35

C-5 Asphaltum Varnish Used as an acid resist when etching metal in the champleve technique. Sold as pint. $12.25/pt

PnP Blue Transfer Film This film can be used to transfer a design to metal and then standup to the etching of the metal. To use, photocopy the image onto the dull side of the blue paper, then iron the image onto the metal. This film will work for most detailed lines to images. Sold in 8-1/2" X 11" sheets.

PnP-1

1 Sheet

$3.45

PnP-5

5 Sheets

$14.65

PnP-10

10 Sheets

$23.30

PnP-50

50 Sheets

$87.65

Adhesive Agents - Mixing Mediums - Sprayers

A-1 Klyr-Fire Klyr-Fire The standard adhesive of the enameling arts. This is water based. Mix 50/50 with water for spray adhesive, use full strength for wet packing, adhering Cloisonné wire or for applying lusters. $5.15/pt. $23.30/gal.

A-2 Agar Organic gum from the ocean. Non Foaming. Excellent for spraying. Sold as a solution. $3.30/pt. $16.05/gal.

A-3 Enamel Holding Agent. Water based adhesive. Similar to Klyr-Fire, but slightly more viscous. $3.30/pt. $16.05/gal.

A-4 Squeegee Oil A special oil blend which fires ash free. Good silk-screening medium. Use with dry painting enamels or ceramic pigments. $4.05/2 oz. $10.80/pt.

A-5 Thinning Oil No. 5 This oil disperses a high percentage of powder, paints very well and has the drying characteristics many artists like. $3.80/2oz. $10.15/pt.

A-8 Screening Oil This oil is the premium screen printing oil for high resolution screen printing. $4.10/2 oz $13.75/pt

A-10 Oil of Clove For washes. $9.05/2 oz. $30.60/pt.

A-11 Oil of Lavender For details. $16.65/2 oz. $56.00/pt.

A-12 Special Painting Oil for Miniatures. This painting oil is used in the Painting Enamel Kit. It is a special blend of organic oils which have a unique viscosity appropriate for miniature painting.
$2.40/2 oz.
 
A-13 Acrylic Medium (water base) This medium is used in our Acrylic Enamels. Use it also for: 1) Making acrylic painting colors from any 325 mesh enamel. 2) Screen printing. Thin with water as needed. 3) One part medium, three parts water for applying Thompson's Water Color Enamels. Paint, dry, apply subsequent colors, dry, fire once. 4) Spray medium. Thin with water as needed.
$2.95/ fl. oz. $9.45/8 fl. oz.
 
A-14 Screening Medium Water miscible, excellent for painting. Pigments disperse easily, requiring less mixing. Water cleanup. $4.15/2oz. $19.75/pt.
 

Blu-1 Blu-Stic Holds Cloisons on vertical surface. Can fire pieces upside down. Dip cloison into Blu-Stic, position onto enamel surface, dry, fire in any position. $1.50/1 oz. $2.35/2 oz.

A-7 Preval Aerosol Spray Kit. Aerosol cartridge allows spraying gum solutions. $5.30 Note: A-7 cannot be shipped by air.

A-7R Replacement Aerosol Cartridge for Preval Sprayer. $4.45 Note: A-7R cannot be shipped by air.

 

 

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