hubrocks
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Post by hubrocks on Jun 2, 2012 22:36:35 GMT -5
 some more Death Valley Indian paint stone. Groove wrapped with 16 Gage wire.  made a polish for my copper from bees wax and naphtha thinner,wipe on and polish off. Found it also worked great for polish on Indian paint stone gave it a little more shine and brought the colors out! I'm just say'n Thanks for looking Hub Attachments:
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Post by Pat on Jun 2, 2012 22:40:14 GMT -5
Excellent wrap for that stone. What led you to use the naphtha thinner with the bees wax?
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hubrocks
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Post by hubrocks on Jun 2, 2012 23:00:38 GMT -5
Hi Pat. just something I read about to preserve the copper, keep from tarnishing. Some even mix a little microcrystalline wax in with it.
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Post by talkingstones on Jun 5, 2012 5:31:17 GMT -5
Obtaining bees was isn't a problem but where would one get naptha thinner...or microcrystaline wax?
Cathy
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Post by talkingstones on Jun 5, 2012 5:33:11 GMT -5
PS, I love these groove wrap! Perfect for that stone! Very pretty piece!
Cathy
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Post by NatureNut on Jun 5, 2012 6:06:51 GMT -5
What a great piece. Thanks for sharing your technique to bring out such beauty.
Jo
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hubrocks
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Post by hubrocks on Jun 5, 2012 11:48:46 GMT -5
Thanks you guys, Cathy you can get the thinner at a hardware store,pretty cheap.micro wax I've seen on line, sometime beaders use it on there bead string. there is a formula, but I just use the bees wax and add a little thinner to soften and mix up.
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some more Death Valley Indian paint stone. Groove wrapped with 16 Gage wire. 
