Procedures Of Making Tufa Casting Custom Jewelry NM

By Shirley Carter


Creating unique and top quality jewels is a process that involves many procedures to create designs that will attract your customers. Various firms engaged in the production of ornaments have to provide products that will satisfy their customers. Every step matters when the production process is ongoing. Also, the right materials have to be used. This article will dwell on techniques involved in Tufa casting custom jewelry NM.

Stone preparation kicks of the process of creating various jewels. Not every stone can be used in this process but those that are of right size and fits the design of products you intend to produce. Stones should be of good quality. After finding the perfect stones use various tools to smoothen them until they are super smooth. Both sizes should appear super soft, flat and similar to each other.

With stones ready, sketching the designs of models that one had thought of begins. Here one ought to be keen and do the job in a quiet environment to avoid disturbances which might result in errors. Also, a lot of time needs to be put when making the sketches.

After the sketched have been drawn carving of the stone should happen. Carving should be carried out using tools that are recommended for the process. Here useful tools include chisels, wood filed and sewing needles because they make the process much more manageable. There is a need to have this process correctly done because when mistakes are made there will be little room to correct them and there should be no air rooms left. Carving leaves space where silver fillings will be poured to get the desired model.

The next step is to carbonize the stone before silver is poured into it. The source of carbon should have no traces of oxygen at all. The two parts of stones should be bound together using rubber bands or clamps. Then a certain amount of silver is melted using a crucible and at a certain temperature. After the molted state has been achieved pouring it should take a little time, and if it is done in the right manner, it should fill the intended space.

The surface of these products is cleaned using sand. When sand is used in the cleaning process, it removes parts that are deemed unnecessary, and this does not affect the texture of these products. The other cleaning agents are citric pickling solutions which are also useful in making the surfaces appear clean. Cleaning is also aimed at getting rid of fire traces that sometimes are acquired when the soldiering process begins.

Polishing the surfaces of these products is also very important. Polishing makes product surfaces appear more clean, attractive and appealing. Water and use of rubber are the most common methods used in the polishing process. Various recommended polishing compounds are used in every polishing stage. These compounds can either be abrasive or non abrasive and are handled differently for each step.

On completion of most processes, the products are almost ready for the market. Although they are available, there is room for designers to put various styles on them before they are sold. This can be done keeping mind your target market and what you intended to create. As much as other stages take a lot of time, sanding and polishing take the most time.




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