Re: [hobby] Re: ATM rouge.

["Geoff Nelson" <gjnelson@absamail.co.za>]

Hello, Malcolm Macdonald,

I made my own rouge using a similar method. The raw material was something they sell here in SA as red oxide for colouring cement products. It is a fine powder Product data sheet indicates that it is 99%<53 micron. I stuck ~250 grams in a small ball mill. Essentially ball bearings in a rotaing plastic container and left it to run for a week. The material is 93 % Fe2O3. I have yet to do any polishing with it but the final product looks really good.

Geoff

======= At 2003-10-09, 23:49:00 you wrote: =======

>Charles,   I did not see any replies to your query re powdered rouge. I was
>interested because I have been searching for it for years. It seems
>nonexistent this side of the ditch too, but the stuff in a block is readily
>available at jewellers and rock shops.
>
> Recently a new manufacturing jeweller opened in town and he persuaded me to
>experiment with the solid stuff. He even broke a lump off and gave it to me
>free. Well I pounded it up (it has the consistency of hard dark chocolate)
>and sprinkled the granules on wet glass and with a little rubbing they
>smeared out like thick smooth grease.
>
>So it was back to the shop to buy the block ($40). I now just break a lump
>off, put it in a tough plastic bag, squeeze it in the vice, from different
>angles to break it up, then put it in a plastic bottle with a couple of
>large ball bearings and a bit of water then shake the hell out of it.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>                     Malcolm.
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Charles Mitchard" <charlesmitchard@iinet.net.au>
>To: <atm@shore.net>
>Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 8:30 PM
>Subject: ATM rouge.
>
>
>>
>> Hi, does anyone know of a source for powdered rouge in Australia?
>> TIA
>> Charles
>>
>> I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory.
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Best regards.				 
Geoff Nelson
gjnelson@absamail.co.za
2003-10-09