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Jack Frost Lacquer???

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David Slade
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Jack Frost Lacquer???

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I was reading about this in Sign Painting Course by E.C. Matthews. He mentioned a Krystal Kote from Dick Blick too but I could not find that on their site.
I saw a picture of a surface treated with this in an old Popular Mechanic, too. It looked like when you saw ice crystals forming in the microscope in JR high school. I guess you could get at the hardware shop in the old days... ?
A clear cote of Jack Frost on glass and water gild is what I'm thinking!
Anybody have a recipe?
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Re: Jack Frost Lacquer???

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David,
At one time there was a liquid product sold in pet stores that could be applied to the glass on the back of fish aquariums
to give that effect. I believe I have also seen it at craft stores in a product line designed for do-it-yourself
faux stained glass kits. I do not currently have knowledge of the actual formula.
Pat
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Re: Jack Frost Lacquer???

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David,

I can allready guess its effect: to misty to get a brilliant gilding...?
Let us know what happened.

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Re: Jack Frost Lacquer???

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Patrick
Thanks for those tips. I never would have thought to look in a pet shop!!

I've got the book in in my hand now. It says, verbatim:
"AN UNUSUAL EFFECT for GOLD LEAF on glass can be obtained by outlining the letters with Japan color (or putting on regular burnish outline) then fill the centers with Jack Frost or Cobweb Lacquer -or Dick Blick clear Krystal Kote."

Matthews wasn't one to include anything not worth doing...
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