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RERAMIC STUDIO 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 
Question — Please tell me what causes liquid bright silver to get grey, 
cloudy streaks in it when a perfectly clean brush was used and the china was 
perfectly clean. There was no other paint on the ^ ase to run and spoil the 
silver. — I. M. M. 
Answer — We do not know the cause of your trouble unless it is because 
the hquid silver was not applied heavy enough. 
Q. — Will you kindly tell me why silver (I use Reusche's) comes out dark, 
also which is best silver to use — and whether one should use liquid silver 
with burnish silver or not? — S. S. 
A. — It is best not to use the liquid silver with the burnish silver. Pos- 
sibly your thinning medium was not cleaned which caused it to turn dark. 
Any of the White Gold which come in boxes the same as the other gold is 
verjr satisfactory. 
Q. — Is it necessary to apply gold for a third fu-e where you work over 
a background? The work I have referred to is on a vase; the handles are 
gold and have had two coats and are O. K., but as the background is not 
strong enough, I would like to go over it again, so did not know whether it 
would be necessary to go over gold also. When you mix enamels, can you 
use fat oil of turpentine to mix the hard white enamel to the proper con- 
sistency?— C. E. C. 
A. — It is not necessary to go over the gold the third time when it was 
satisfactory with a second wash but it is best to do as the gold loses some of 
its brilliancy with the extra fire. Fat oil can be used to mix enamels but 
should be used very sparingly just enough to moisten the enamel slightly 
but not enough to hold it together. Use Lavender oil for thinning. 
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BREAKFAST SET— JETTA EHLERS 
Treatment by Jessie M. Bard 
Oil band and basket and dust with 1 Banding Blue, 1 Aztec Blue and 2 Pearl Grey. Oil the darkest tones and dust with 2 
Yellow Green, 1 Violet No. 2, 2 Pearl Grey, 2 Palma Rosa Salmon, 1-2 Yellow Red, 1 Pearl Blossom, 1 Ivory Glaze. 
