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sgraffito

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 8:52 pm
by raphy
For any of you who do sgraffito, do you use powdered frit or paint. If you use frit do you mix it with aloe to paint it on. I was taught years and years ago but have completely forgotten. Thank you for any help.

sgraffito again

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 9:10 pm
by raphy
P.S sorry, but I dont want to use just powdered frit on its own, I'll make too much of a mess doing it for the first time.!

Re: sgraffito

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 9:28 pm
by Brad Walker
raphy wrote:For any of you who do sgraffito, do you use powdered frit or paint. If you use frit do you mix it with aloe to paint it on. I was taught years and years ago but have completely forgotten. Thank you for any help.
You can use either powdered frit or enamel/paint. Generally, we use powder dry and paint with a binder. I guess you could use wet powder, but not sure that's any easier or less of a mess than dry powder.

Re: sgraffito again

Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 11:28 am
by raphy
Thank you, if you use the powder binded or not how many layers?

Re: sgraffito again

Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 11:34 am
by Brad Walker
raphy wrote:Thank you, if you use the powder binded or not how many layers?
The number of layers depends on the darkness of the powder, but in general we use about 4 grains thick.