Glueing & cutting slabs using Water Glass

Glueing the end cuts on wood using water glass, It's the easy way to hold small pieces that can't be held in the saw vice.

[@chaddaniels1550]

Thank you for all the time you put in at helping us young and new lapidaries become better at our trade.

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[@gracingurtler5236]

Clear, informative video. Looking forward to viewing more!

[@EgJewels]

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[@silenttraveler7192]

Great Teacher... please keep the videos coming. Thanks!!!

[@rinofriio97]

Thanks for the great information.. Cutting stone is my favorite thing and marble...now i know how to do it better. Keep going

[@victoryoneable]

Thanks for this, I've got so many off-cuts and was wondering what to do with them.

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another good video, thanks for the tips mang!!!

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[@huseyinaktas.]

You have very nice videos. I've been following for 2 years. Which glue do you use to stick the stone and the board, please reply thank you

[@EgJewels]

Thank you Hüseyin for watching my videos, the glue I use it's called Water Glass also called Sodium Silicate, the one I use is the liquid type technical grade sodium silicate 40% I know you are in Turkey but you can get more information if you go to this website www.lehmans.com Good luck.

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[@LawofMoses]

Thanks for the great instructions 😆

[@mikemendez9006]

Thanks for your very informative video. I get that sodium silicate is highly reactive to CO2 and now, as you noted, dissolves while submerged in water. I would like to know if you glue two rocks together and then cure them in an oven, would the sodium silicate dissolve in water the same way or is the bond now permanent and impermeable ? If the bond is permanent when exposed to high temperatures, can you tell me at what temperature(s) and for how long ? If not, is there another way to make the bond permanent even when submerged in water ? Thanks.

[@mikemendez9006]

I thank so very much for clearing things up. Like your video, it's very well done.

[@jps99]

Thanks for explaining this!

[@nicosadamides7597]

Thank you very much for the useful information which will enable lapidaries get the most out of their gemstones. However, if you use a water-based coolant for the saw blade would the water glass not dissolve away before you finish cutting your slices?

[@sherrys.2259]

Thank you.

[@ElieGhanimeEG]

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[@annedarr1894]

Thank you

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[@CaptMike]

How does the water glass work in an oil bath saw?

[@geofflotton5292]

Is that product better than epoxy resin?

[@MrFmiller]

Thanks.

[@fredmckenny558]

I used water glass on an agate and a jasper and a pine block. The jasper came right off but the agate is still stuck good after a couple days and isn't coming off? Any suggestions

[@ElieGhanimeEG]

Hi Fred, sometime it takes a bit longer to come off, just leave it in a bucket of water for few days and it will come off, if still stuck on it, it will be easy to pray it off.

[@fredmckenny558]

@@ElieGhanimeEG thank you!

[@kayakfishingbangkalan51]

Can waterglass melt Styrofoam?Or it can be a steorofoam coating from resin?

[@ElieGhanimeEG]

I’m not sure, I never tried it on styrofoam. Sorry.

[@TamiratGiiza]

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[@EgJewels]

Thank you for watching my videos 😊

[@TheRedhawke]

Great video, just what I've been needing. The water glass you use is 40% ? Do you have a source for the water glass ?

[@EgJewels]

Yes it's 40% and you can get it from Lehmans.com www.lehmans.com/p-297-water-glass-liquid-sodium-silicate.aspx?show=all

[@eperkins4955]

Thanks for the informative video. I have been finding that the water glass comes as a 100% sodium silicate solution right out of the container. Are you diluting the 100% sodium silicate solution from the container to make your 40% solution/adhesive or does the water glass come already at 40% ? Thanks!

[@Kyle-sg4rm]

I thought that water glass was water proof when dry... Is the water glass not fully cured when you submerge in the water?

[@EgJewels]

Hi Kyle, water glass is actually liquid Sodium Silicate 40% and it doesn't cure by submerging in water, it is cured like any other glue. However, it will be diluted when submerged in water, I think the name "water glass" is kind of deceiving.

[@Kyle-sg4rm]

Hi Eg Jewels Thanks for your reply! Yes I knew that Sodium silicate is another name for water glass and that a 40% mix could be further diluted in water, or have some of the water simmered off to concentrate it... But when you stuck the rock to the wood with the 40% Sodium silicate, did you let it fully cure before you submerged it in the water? It seemed like you did. What i'm trying to figure out is, if I let some Sodium silicate fully cure in the open air at room temperature (or perhaps used CO2 to speed it up) - then would it be waterproof at that stage, or would it be somewhat redissolved/rediluted if I submerged it in water after curing? From what i've read, I was under the impression that Sodium silicate is completely waterproof and fairly strong once fully cured (all water evaporated). And that it gets even stronger if heated in a kiln or something like that. I'm doing research on Sodium silicate at the moment, as I want to use it to make transparent panes for a greenhouse and also to use it as a binder for wood composites etc. I'm trying to avoid all the usual plastics and glass for greenhouse materials, due to plastics leaching toxins and glass shattering (in earthquakes etc). I have read that between 1-5% Glycerin (Glycerol) can be added to Sodium silicate to make it more plastic and therefor less brittle - due to the plasticizing qualities of the Glycerin.

[@EgJewels]

Hi Kyle, I know that sodium silicate been used for different applications, I only used it to hold the rocks I'm cutting and my first thoughts were is it going to hold the rock while cutting several slabs (each slab may take an average of 45 min.) I use oil in my saw and some uses water, but at the end it did hold. After cutting, I submerge the last piece of rock glued to the wood in a pail of water and it may take overnight or a few day to get released by itself without applying any force. Maybe by adjusting the sodium silicate percentage will help, also check on how they manufacture bullet-proof glass it might give you an idea...Good luck with your project.

[@Kyle-sg4rm]

Cool - yeah it seems to be working well for what you are using it for. And yes, I hope that increasing the Sodium silicate percentage will help. Maybe a longer curing time/hotter temp will also help. I will definitely check out the bullet-proof glass manufacturing process, cheers! Thanks for the luck, and good luck with your projects also :)