[pure-silver] Re: (Slgthly OT): gridlines on groundglass.
- From: Ken Sinclair <photo1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:12:12 -0600
Cor,
A few years ago as I was re-assembling my B&J after a re-furbishing (ie the
removal of WW II US Navy battleship grey surplus paint etc.), I managed to
allow some "glue" to drip onto my ground glass. The grid also disappeared
in that region as I attempted to remove the small "spill" with a solvent...
It was a this point I found I could remove all the "old" grid since it was
NOT (as I originally surmised) to be an area on the glass that had not
been 'ground'. I then realised that either clear nailpolish or clear
Varathane on a "stretched" thread could be used to create new grid lines on
the ground glass surface. Of course, as always happens, that glass later
got a wonderful set of cracks and the whole thing replaced.
It was a bit of work needing some care and patience to get the grids just
right, but IMHO, a lot better than than the idea of pencilling.
>To realy finish this project in a nice way I would like to have grid
>lines on the glass. I could draw them carefully, or make an overlay of a
>grid printed/copied on a sheet of transparant material. But I was
>wondering if there is a method of engraving the glass with tiny straight
>scratches, and then rubbing in say India ink?
Ken
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