New batch finished

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Re: New batch finished

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Re: New batch finished

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Well. Here the deal on that. It was a water dome and broke the seal and dried for months so I just left it out for the next few years as a specimen oif dome drying. It was still crazing so i ground it down to the color bar and put it thru Opal Cure. A resin with Super T as a hardener. The Super T had dried out so I used a different brand that apparently did not penetrate to react. When it lost a chip finally it was gooey under the surface still. I had flow coated it without polishing thru the fairly glossy coating ever. So it hangs on the wall until later LOL. As an everyday wear piece a drop of Star bond to level it and it's good to go. Chip would disappear and the color does drown out the surface.
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