sgraffito again

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raphy
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sgraffito

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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.
raphy
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sgraffito again

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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.!
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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.
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Thank you, if you use the powder binded or not how many layers?
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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.
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