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| Cut stencils | Make as many stencils as there are colours. Cut them from 100% rag vellum. You can wet this paper over and over without loosing its shape |  |
| Anneal | Heat the metal to around 1400 degrees to burn off impurities. Piece should have a light grey film (fire-scale) |  |
| Quench | Drop immediately into cold water. Most of the fire-scale should come off when the piece hits the water |  |
| pickle | A mild acid will remove excess fire-scale |  |
| neutralize | Sprinkle some baking soda on the piece and rinse. Water should sheet off the piece when rinsed. |  |
| Counter-enamel | Begin by sifting counter-enamel on the back of the piece. Fire just to orange peel |  |
| pickle/neutralize | After cooling, dust off the excess fire-scale and place the piece in the pickle again, metal side up. DO NOT QUENCH. |  |
| Base coat | Sift and fire the ground coat colour in one or two layers to form a solid colour that is just past orange peel |  |
| Stencil | Wet stencil and place in position on the piece. Remove excess water with absorbent paper/cloth. Paint a SMALL amount of gum binder in the spaces. Sift just barely enough to fill the cells |  |
| Allow the stencil to rest for w few moments. The sifted enamel needs time to wick the excess moisture. Then peel off carefully. Fire to orange peel |  | |
| Subsequent layers | Continue subsequent layers as the Second Layer |  |
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| Final Layer | In the final layer – bring the piece carefully to maturity. P-1 overglaze paint may be used to add shadows. Fire the P-1 paint separately at a lower temperature: around 1350F |  |
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