I've go an instruction sheet here in a box of teeny pots AJ - I'll hunt it out & scan it for you ----- Original Message ----- From: "alanjstepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 5:38 PM Subject: [modeleng] Jewellers enamel > Yesterday evening I had to take some rubbish to my local tip. > There they have a stack of paint cans, which people have dumped, and with > the sign FREE PAINT. > > Naturally I had a look to see what goodies I could find, and came across > four cans marked Jewellers Enamel. > Upon opening them I find that they are a powder. > > I assume that this is the stuff that one sprinkles on a piece of metal, and > then heat the metal so that it becomes an enamel finish. > > One of the cans is labelled "practice enamel". Is this a technical term? > I assume so as I doubt that it is made for trial and error tests! > > I am sure that someone can tell me all about this stuff. > > alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > www.alanstepney.info > Model Engineering, Steam Engine, and Railway technical pages. > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.