From: Christina Z. Anderson (zphoto@montana.net)
Date: 02/08/02-07:17:25 PM Z
I am so new to this I don't know, but in the encaustic book the heat torch
is used to fuse the layer of wax just added to the one below; otherwise the
wax remains in separate layers. And then you smooth the surface at the end
with the blow torch. But I won't even classify myself as a novice at this
yet...
Chris
> Christina Z. Anderson wrote:
>
> > yesterday I got a whim to take a polaroid transfer (4x5 polaroid
> > printed in a Day Lab and transferred to watercolor paper) and wax it. I
> > heated the beeswax pellets I have from Daniel Smith, which are white and
> > purified, and stuck the transfer in the wax. The watercolor paper soaks
up
> > the wax nicely and it dries smooth, hard and tough. It does scratch.
It
> > can also be buffed.
>
> My understanding was that heat-fusing the wax (with a blowtorch, heat
> gun or hot iron) makes it more resistant to scratching and other
> damage; do you know if that's so?
> kt
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