Full Version: My suggestion on cermark

From: Peter [#13]
 29 Mar 2006
To: Rodney Gold (RODNEY_GOLD) [#7] 29 Mar 2006

Hi Rodney,

How thin do you make it?

Do you mix it all at once or as needed ?

How long before the product exhausts itself and is no longer useable?

How do you reconstitute the powder ?

regards
Peter

From: Rodney Gold (RODNEY_GOLD) [#14]
 29 Mar 2006
To: Peter [#13] Unread

We brush it on rather than airbrush it , probably dilute it 1:1. We also put a teeny bit of dishwashing liquid in it , round 1/2 a drop as this acts as a wetting agent allowing it to spread on more difficult surfaces. Generally all at once. All we do to reconstitute it is allow the water in the wash off dish to evaporate. So long as theres product , its useable. We actually have about 4 or 5 different equivalent products here in SA , locally made evidently at hugely cheaper prices. All work equally as well. Some stick to difficult surfaces better. Cerdec is a really a component of pottery glaze as far as I know.

From: Johnny Orange (LIFETIME) [#15]
 30 Mar 2006
To: Rodney Gold (RODNEY_GOLD) [#14] 30 Mar 2006

Hi Rodney.
Interesting to read you use a little dishwashing liquid as a wetting agent.
TRUE STORY - I was coating some S/S the other day and I too use a brush (a finehaired brush) not an air brush as there is more control and no overspray. The cermark was drying out slightly faster than normalas we were running in outside air temperature in the middle 30's. I recalled back to my old Army days of the good old spit and polish. I actually spat on the plate with a little saliva and Whacko the cermark started to flow more evenly and smoothly.
Hence your suggestion with a little dishwashing liquid was rather interesting
Why not give it a try "really works"
I try and obtain a smooth thinly layered surface and I just don't have any washouts at all.
We engrave an enormous amount of S/S during the week

Orange

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