Schmaltz

[Greencarvings]

Any place I can order schmaltz online?????

[joe]

www.letterheadsignsupply.com (http://www.letterheadsignsupply.com)

[Greencarvings]

Thank you kind sir.

[joewino]

By the way...it's "smalts". Still works the same way, just spelled differently.

Crumley beat me to the answer....but then he's always a step ahead of me.

[chiloquinruss]

Raymond, that's US not ME, Joe is always ahead of US! :) Russ

[joewino]

Russ - amen. For an old guy he sure is fast.

[Greencarvings]

So reading on one of the sites:

1 part spar varnish, 1 part linseed oil, and 1 part enamel paint for a binder?

Never used it before but would like to experiment with it.

Dang $50 for a pound of it!!!

hmm, black silica sand blasting sand. Sounds like that will work also.

[zeykr]

Joe's tried that too!

[joewino]

One of the problems with black (or any color) sand is that it fades over time.

There are lots of formulas for the "glue" that holds the smalts. Over the years we have used Smith's Cream and lettering enamel. You need something with lots of body to hold the little pieces and something that doesn't dry too quickly.

[Greencarvings]

What about epoxy?

[dakers]

What i have gleaned from others who have success with smalts:

if you use a two part epoxy get the slow dry hardener and tint it with lettering enamel if you want. I have heard of others use epoxy with sand and smalts and say it works fine.

i would use lettering enamel with equal parts nazdar screenprinting 5900 enamel or smiths cream as mentioned before.

just make sure the base coat is properly prepared for it all to sticks to the substrate properly.

[dakers]

http://sdgmag.com/article/sea-venture-revisited

about using resin, sand, smalts