Peter Bedford
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Thank you David
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No we still use enamel, I think some of the suppliers like Mastergarave and Trotec sell special enamels but we have always used cellulose but getting hard to get, its cheap and a litre lasts for ever. HMG in I think its Petersfield Hampshire but I have their number if anyone needs it. Only use white wax on cup bases nothing else. Pete
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If you are using cellulose enamels, clean with fairy liquid and warm water to remove all cutting fluids before filling with enamels. If small lettering just fill with card or finger large lettering use glass syringe with big needle clearing air before filling, clean of most of the excess paint with a piece of stiff card we use old business cards, cook in the oven just to start setting the enamel, then wrap a 50p coin (must have a raised edge) in a piece of T shirt or soft rag twisting the rag tight leaving one flat face of the 50p. Mix some parrafin with cellulose spirit and dampen the rag on the 50p face and place flat side of coin and rag on the SAA surface gradually working in circles clean off any excess paint. Keep the rag slightly moist and keep changing rag face regularly dont let the paint build up. When clean re cook to complete. This works with plastics and acrylics but obviously no heat just takes longer for the celluose to dry.
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And thank you Robert, apologies if thanking the wrong person in the wrong reply space, I haven’t mastered the the site yet. Pete B.