Hi Jeanette. The problem I had when doing this is that I had other parts of my piece melt… is there a tip on how to make sure other parts of my work don’t melt?
Hi Shawn, You are probably staying too long while the piece is fusing. Granulation works on a count of three. Meaning you can't stay on the piece with the torch at fusing longer than a count of three, then things start to melt. I have tons more videos on granulation, watch them to see how I do it. :)
Hi Emil! I use G Glue, my own blend available on my tools site jewelryartstool.com It is a dilute organic glue, just meant to hold the granules in place on their way to the kiln. :)
@@barrineingram2650 The pure gold and copper melt together at a slightly lower temperature than 22 fuses to 22 so it helps you get a clean beautiful attachment. :)
Hi Jeanette, I have a smith little torch. Will I be able to do this technique with that torch? I have managed to fuse 22kt bezels closed and to fuse large balls on the side of a bezel with it. I don’t have a kiln (yet) 😀 thanks
Hi Jeanette, I want to fuse gold granules to a back sheet. I will use 22kt gold. I have some of your glue which I will use to adhere the granules in lace while fusing, but do I need to coat my granules in copper first? If so, can I achieve the necessary coating by putting granules in my Cooper rich pickle with some steel?
Did you make your granules or buy from Tevel? If you made your granules, you must copperplate the granules and enrich the backsheet. If you purchased through tevel, no prep necessary.
Hi Jeanette. The problem I had when doing this is that I had other parts of my piece melt… is there a tip on how to make sure other parts of my work don’t melt?
Hi Shawn,
You are probably staying too long while the piece is fusing. Granulation works on a count of three. Meaning you can't stay on the piece with the torch at fusing longer than a count of three, then things start to melt. I have tons more videos on granulation, watch them to see how I do it. :)
Hi. At the beginning of the video you said that you glued the gold granules with glue. What kind of glue did you use? . Thank you
Hi Emil! I use G Glue, my own blend available on my tools site jewelryartstool.com It is a dilute organic glue, just meant to hold the granules in place on their way to the kiln. :)
Hi Jeanette, I have heard that copper salts are used to fuse gold. What’s the reason for this and did you use that in this example? Thanks
Oops, I see that I already asked and you answered this question. However, can you tell me what purpose the copper salts have?
@@barrineingram2650 The pure gold and copper melt together at a slightly lower temperature than 22 fuses to 22 so it helps you get a clean beautiful attachment. :)
Hi Jeanette, I have a smith little torch. Will I be able to do this technique with that torch? I have managed to fuse 22kt bezels closed and to fuse large balls on the side of a bezel with it. I don’t have a kiln (yet) 😀 thanks
You can always fuse on a charcoal block, lots of people do. :)
Hi Jeanette, I want to fuse gold granules to a back sheet. I will use 22kt gold. I have some of your glue which I will use to adhere the granules in lace while fusing, but do I need to coat my granules in copper first? If so, can I achieve the necessary coating by putting granules in my Cooper rich pickle with some steel?
Did you make your granules or buy from Tevel? If you made your granules, you must copperplate the granules and enrich the backsheet. If you purchased through tevel, no prep necessary.
@@JewelryArts i will be making my own granules. What do you mean by enriching the backsheet?
@@barrineingram9493 anneal and pickle the back sheet three times so you have more pure gold at the surface. :)
@@JewelryArts got it!! thankyou Jeanette
@@barrineingram9493 Youare very welcome 😃
What is the name/model of this Kiln?
This is a beehive kiln, we have them on my tools site here: www.jewelryartstools.com/product-page/ultralite-kiln
What gauge is your back sheet?
26 gauge in 22k gold. :)
@@JewelryArts thanks so much Jeanette. I LOVE your videos! How full I’ll be able to take classes this fall with you all.
@@marksanne6381 You are so very welcome! We will be happy to have you in the studio anytime. :)
Are you always supposed to use 26guage back sheet when fusing granules? Or can the guage of the back sheet be bigger/smaller if I’d like it be?
Yummy , gold is yummy.
It sure is!