Enameling is no joke! Throughout my sampling process I was continually humbled by the difficulty of getting enamels to fully fuse to their service and flow evenly. However, through this I was able to learn a lot about the mistakes I made, how to fix them and how to just be patient with the process. The more layers of enamel I added to my samples, allowed for the things to naturally come together. Campleve SampleEnamel Samples Using Different Techniques1st things 1st, counter enamel the backs of the pieces. This prevents the metal from warping when enameling the front sides of your piece. This is also the only time you really wanna pickle, to clean off the bare metal on the front. Pickling isn't really needed after this, unless you're dealing with a real bad dirt problem.
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