I love the Blue !, i also found some blue and white broken dishes pieces on the beach in town i was last at on west coast.. everyone use to bring all their dishes an break them down at this one beach, cause it is at the tip of bay, so it always has lots of waves, there is so many old dishes broken there. I got 7 different colours of dishes and glasses. So i am excited to some projects.. and i was also looking to do a blue patina, and i like the simplicity of this method.. Thanks for the tutorials, I love your channel and that you share your ideas and methods, very helpful for me to get started with my designs and DIY projects.
Thank you for this comment. Things like this make me glad of what I do and inspiring other people to do what the like the most it's a satisfaction. I wish to see your project on video soon.
@@cuforming Yes, I will share a video of some designs when i get them completed, I get access to my work station come July 1st, so very very close to getting to set everything up, right now it is all about getting the right supplies and coming up with a number of projects and instructions on how to do them. I have everything for electroforming, that will be a big part of it, and heat. so hopefully my middle July I will have something completed.
I really need to make the rotary tool thing. I am not liking the magnet stirrer, I am finding it kicked alot of debris up and into the piece. Leaves alot of glitter. This piece came out amazing though!!! Great job as always!!!!
Don't you use anode bags? Debris come from anodes. And glitters are not caused by debris. That's something with the chemistry of the solution. Thank you Mike for the suggestion for the blue patina. You made this piece. Thanks!!!!!
@@cuforming I do use an anode bag, but likely its not working well. I will try and use some polyester felt stuff I have. I use it for my Reef tank for filter media. See if that helps. And the glitter was happening alot, I added some chloride and it's since fixed. But the stirrer does kick metal around too much for me. I only use it a couple times during my process. right at the start, to get the shadow areas with lower amp plate, and towards the end a bit. Sometimes in middle, if I have to retouch an area up. Also I am likely musing way too much anode in my bath. But I dislike measuring and guessing, and playing the anode adjustment game. So I just pretty much use a cut length of copper pipe flattened down to fit in my "anode cage"
@@mrmike4228 Your technique is perfect. I wanna see that glitter you are talking about... send me a picture on instagram, maybe I'll understand better what is it. When I got glitter It's because the brightener is starting to fade out and the water level is low.
Do you not have to seel ceramic pieces? I have some ceramic beads I’d love to EForm but wasn’t sure about sealing. Same for painted polymer clay. Does it need a coating and what would you recommend? Modge Podge mb? Ty so much
In my case, I didn't seal it because I use a conductive paint with an acrylic sealant in it (check the video if you didn't ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WUaX2Js64-Q.html ). You definitely need to seal the porous terracotta or ceramic part, like you do with polymer clay. I wouldn't recommend Mod Podge because PVA glue has different behavior with different materials, sometimes it sticks perfectly, and sometimes it can be peeled off very easily. You can use a liquid glue or sealant like CA glue or any kind of transparent varnish, (not spray) so it will be absorbed in it. And if needed, apply more than one coat.
I use zaponlack to cover most of the pieces. But when you do oxide on them the finish will ruin those colors... the blue will become dark blue or even black, the rainbow patina won't show at all and so on... Watch my other videos, I use it only on pieces with black patina or no patina at all.
