Dopping with Black Wax

When I first learned faceting, more years ago that I want to remember, I was taught by an old Swedish friend.  He believed in the "School of Hard Knocks" method of teaching.  When I first started faceting, I asked him what I should dop my stone with and he said "Try this one".  I got a couple of facets done and he told me to apply more pressure.  I did.  When I found the stone on the floor, I decided to dop it with a wax similar to black wax.  I have been using black wax ever since.  I have tried others but have had the best success with black wax.

Here is a website that expert faceters know and use.  It explains how to use glues and epoxy and other ways to dop.  Look up dopping at http://www.usfacetersguild.org/index_faqs.shtml.

By Dave Butler.  Reprinted with permission from the March 2011 Cobb-L-Stones Newsletter.

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