Water Casting and Crucible Preparation

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Note: the height that you pour at will affect the shapes that you get: higher up, more cup shapes - just make sure you pour it in the bucket! Remelt the ones you don't like and re-do. Make sure your gas hose is tucked safely away - maybe even tape up. Have a fire extinguisher close by. Wear a leather apron - if you have one. Wear UV protective safety glasses. Be safe!!!! Have fun!
Playing with mercury is REALLY, REALLY dangerous. Don't do it !!!
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[@JayDub_143]

Would love to know of Ms. Sugar has a channel or would ever consider it. You two together are absolutely epic!! 💖

[@JustME-ft4di]

You are both fabulous! I hope you are both well and will come and share some more fabulous and fun stuff with us all out here in KZbin land.

[@usborn1]

It would be nice to see what would happen if the silver was dropped into water with air bubbles coming up from the bottom. Or maybe dry ice in the bucket.

[@allanthompson9695]

Great to see you both working together again. Awesome team. I'm going to have to try this. Wheres e bucket? Thank you both.

[@deejbyrd]

I'm so glad I found this. I have a tabletop furnace for melting metal, and I played with it for the first time today, pouring the metal out onto a ceramic plate to get weird shapes. I wondered if I could pour it directly into water. :-D

[@Valentinolandia]

Your ring is awesome! I really like this technique, I've heard about it but never seen preformed. I will definitely give it a try! Thanks for sharing!

[@NancyHamiltonJewelry]

+Valentinolandia Awesome Valentinolandia. Be sure to read my comments, above, and the video information section, also above, for more technique tips.

[@NancyHamiltonJewelry]

You can coat a crucible in many ways. The most common method is to fill it with a mixture of 50% Boric acid and 50% borax. Fill the crucibles to 1/3/ to 14 full - depends on size. You can: 1. pre-heat the crucible first and then add powders. or 2. put the crucible in a kiln or 3. heat after applying powders. IF you heat after the powder is applied, heat slowly and from the bottom. Borax melts at: 1,369°F (743°C) and Boric acid melts at: 339.6°F (170.9°C). You can use either product alone or together. If using only boric acid, you can melt in the stove. Protect the area around the crucible. Some fluxes contain these chemicals and therefore, you can use flux. If it is liquid, you will need to burn off the liquid. It will then become a powder and you will have to melt the powder. In all cases: when the material is liquid, either swirl it around in the crucible or "paint" it with a carbon fiber stir rod. Whatever works for you - the goal is melted material that forms a glassy coating all over the interior of the crucible. How you get that effect, is up to you.

[@NancyHamiltonJewelry]

+Nancy Hamilton Don't add liquid to a hot crucible - it will crack.

[@tinawong5455]

Hi Nancy, I luv your video pretty much!

[@TheToxicFPS]

I coat the crucible this way. I heat it like you with a torch and non oxidizing flame but I heat ir not from the bottom. I simply put the flame inside. Once the crucible gets a little hot I start taking borax like salt and quickly point the flame elsewhere and throw the borax powder into the crucible, then quickly put the flame on the spot I thrown it on. And repeat until I coat it. Sure some flies off, but not alot

[@NancyHamiltonJewelry]

Thanks! I appreciate you sharing your method! Happy creating. N

[@CharlesStruble]

Way high on the cool scale, girls! Thanks!

[@corystreat8037]

Thank you Nancy! I learned yet another cool technique. I LOVE SUGAR! She looks like a cute little bird and the worlds best smile!

[@mitzistansbury1188]

Very interesting! And I love your cat

[@mycreativeplanet]

you are both crazy and super talented...love it

[@sarahmarie1391]

Lots of fun! Thanks girls :) Oh and its probably a good idea to buy a good filtering face mask, to keep the fumes out of the lungs, nose, eyes, pours :)

[@northernlights2413]

I was terrified Sugar might drop molten metal down those fancy boots! I know someone who had that happen with rubber boots and it burn a really nasty wound in top of his foot until he got the boot off. Safe footware in the shop people; its a work environment not a fashion show

[@purplegemcrazyroyal5247]

Hi Nancy! Just love your videos! I just wondered, could I use Easy-Flo flux to prepare my crucible or do I need to use Borax powder?

[@shirleywalle5595]

Jeepers, I thought I was the only child who liked to break a thermometer to get the mercury out. I usually bit them. I still remember the beads of mercury rolling across the kitchen table. Again, jeepers! Anyway, thanks for the video. I did water casting years ago during lost wax casting classes, got some neat pieces. But what I want are those tiny cup-like forms - love those! I'll have to experiment. Any idea the particular technique for those? Colder water, warmer water??

[@wendyannh]

Nah, neither of you were the only ones to do that! I used to *love* playing with that stuff! Amazing we're still alive, eh? :-)

[@lizsimmons7895]

HI Nancy, where did you purchase your tinted/ reflective safety glasses from please?

[@lisalehmann2401]

Thanks girls. what kind of torch is your big kahuna?

[@SebastianHalskov]

Where do i find those UV "sunglasses"? because they didn't look like regular sunglasses. or do they have a specific name?

[@agnescleary2312]

Does the crucible have to be prepped with the boric acid/borax mix each time you cast?

[@rubyshirleytodd1641]

nancy, just watched the video on water casting . Have a question , I know these are two totally separate mediums , but I still want to know , I used to use sand from the beach at our river to pour hot melted wax in to make candles and other craft things. Can you pour melted metal into wet or damp sand and get something cool from that? or will the hot metal melt the sand to a type of glass? Really love watching and learning , who says you can't teach on old dog new tricks ? I am 61 yrs young, and you and your buddy sugar are a trip minus the drugs! well maybe a few fumes. thanks bunches Windy

[@catnelson3064]

You can try straw broom, tufa, cuttlefish and other types of casting…yes, including sand casting. Heck you can do splats (melted silver dropped to create a great looking splat)…There are any number of ways to create. A more expensive option is lost wax, but that takes a lot of new tools (ding-dang-darn). So, THANK YOU Nancy and Sugar, for sharing a great alternative that provides unique pieces to work with. >^..^

[@LDavis87001]

Nancy, silly question. Is your little homemade kiln station made out of masonry bricks - or are those fire/kiln bricks? I sold my kiln ... so will need to make my own little high-heat cubbie like you have shown here. Thanks so much! Linda

[@jokerrabit]

exactly what is borax? is it the same as the stuff you can find in the laundry department of the grocery store? is there an alternative like maybe flux? is it toxic and dose it stink when you add the heat?

[@samburgett7309]

Late but, yes same as you get in the laundry section. Not really toxic but you shouldn't be breathing in soldering fumes anyway. In the UK borax cones seem to be the most used for flux. it doesn't have the toxic additives of other fluxes (flouride etc). I haven't really noticed a smell.

[@shirleywalle5595]

Ahah! Just popped down "shoe more" above and read the ditty above about "higher up, more cup shapes". That answers my question from last post (~_~).

[@toolzshed]

Lou wants to see the pieces too

[@holasoyorlando]

I use flux to coat the crucible

[@NancyHamiltonJewelry]

Yes, I've heard that others do that too! Whatever works, right?

[@shirleywalle5595]

Heck. Not "shoe more", "show more". Must be the mercury lurking in my body......

[@gjk540]

Love your videos, but your intro is so jarring.

[@a.i.5673]

wtf is wrong with this womans ?...

[@shirleywalle5595]

Ahah! Just popped down "shoe more" above and read the ditty above about "higher up, more cup shapes". That answers my question from last post (~_~).