Hello this is Jonathan Miller, and I have looked around and cannot
find any jewelery suppliers who supply sticky wax. I was wondering I
f anyone new where I could purchase some.
thanks for your replies in advance!
Jonathan Miller
Hi Jonathan,
I’m not sure what you are using it for, I have a product called
Wolf’s Wicked Sticky, available from Ferris Distributors including
Rio Grande, Gesswein, Stuller and Otto Frei. It is similar to utility
wax, but is much stickier. Here’s a few of the things I do with it. I
use it to hold stones in place so I can trace around them acurately.
I also use it for pave’ layout- smear a very thin coating of Wicked
Sticky on the surface, place my stones table down on the wax, move
them around until they look right, push them down. Then I carefully
lift them up, and use a spring loaded centering punch to mark the
center of the stones.
I hope this helps!
Kate Wolf in Portland Maine, hosting wicked good workshops by the bay
Hello Jonathan Miller,
You might check with stained glass suppliers for sticky wax. Delphi
is a good source. The usual disclaimer exists, no affiliation.
Jerry
Check out Kate Wolf’s Wicked Sticky red positioning wax. It works
great for me.
http://www.kindt-collins.com/wolfwax/products.html
You can buy it through Gesswein, Otto Frei, Stuller, and Rio Grande.
Good luck,
Jenny Sweaney
www.mardonjewelers.com
Jonathan, Reo Grande carries sticky wax in several brands. Also, I
think they carry Kate Wolf’s "wickedly sticky wax), which is a new
product.
Alma
I use sticky wax a lot for mocking up pieces. It is not sticky at
average room temps but, when heated with a flame, it becomes VERY
sticky and neatly bonds elements together while designing etc. It’s
also great for attaching organics to sprues. When it’s cold it snaps
or flakes right off with a fingernail. Rio has it on page #447 of the
catalogue. #700-740.
Andy Cooperman andycooperman.com
Greetings,
Another thing I do for lay-out work after placing my stones on the
wax is to gently powder the job. This leaves a clear circle when I
remove the stones. This is easier when the piece ( with wax and
stones in place) is cooled.A minute in the fridge works great. I can
point mark for drilling after all of the wax is removed. I then
clean my stones in alcohol.
Bowing Deeply
Karl Linger
I buy such stuff from Contenti in RI.
Brian Corll
Vassar Jewelers
Karl, and all !!!
Your idea of placing stones is only the true way of deciding the
space to allow for bead setting…but, forgive me. I would allow a 1/2
width of one stone, to which will allow for the actual beads to be
raised. This is how you can gauge each space as you are placing your
stones. I will hasten, there is even an improvement on this
idea…:>) For a sticky wax, you can use any form of injection wax or
Bee’s wax at this moment I was showing this exact method to my
student in Atlanta only two days ago. Set down on the wax a few
stones to your EXACT spacing. Now remove one or two stones and now
here is the clincher, use your dividers and from the CENTER of each
of those selected stones’ impression mark out all along the rings’
surface. You can now scribe delicately as well as mark the stones new
location. This way is lots cleaner, faster and more accurate… and
with no deviation as you go around the ring in question…
Gerry!
Thank You Gerald,
Yes I find getting a gauge for the layout with a few stones and
dividing from there works well. “IF” the stones are calibrated or
clocked. If not you can have some spacing problems. This method will
work well for Bead work (single row setting) but obviously will not
work for Pave. I also like to do my layout’s very tight as I want my
stones very close to girdle to girdle when seated. If I am not
challenged in finding metal for raising typically I find the work to
metallic. I can layout girdle to girdle and still raise three beads
per triangle. (Traditional) Not to mention there are methods of
seatind and raising one stone at a time that provides ton’s of metal
for raising with stones girdle too girdle. Any Hooo Thanks Gerald
it’s fun to exchange ideas and methods. I hope you daughter is well.
Bowing Deeply
Karl