Business idea, as they say may not be new, but worth a try) Mother of Pearl – a very beautiful ornamental material extracted from the shells of dead clams with hard shells, which can be assembled in thousands at the bottom of any rivers, lakes, seas and oceans. On the strength of it is comparable with other semiprecious stones, surpasses their beauty and exquisite combination of different shades. Rare special shells are used in artefacts as a whole, broken copies or chipped used for collage, carving and inlay. After collecting them from scrapes dirt with a wire brush or knife, remove the remnants of limestone with a brush, which had previously been moistened with 15%-s hydrochloric acid. After wetting the shells are washed thoroughly under running water and cleaned with a wire brush. The operation must be repeated several times until a state of complete purification. After purification is stripping products using emery wheel or file. The next step is to obtain a blank, when the shell cut into pieces of a jigsaw for metal, but with a complex configuration is used special jig saw.
Then grind the product file or emery wheel to impart a desired shape, the edges cleaned needle files, the surfaces are polished with sandpaper and polished with polishing pastes on flannel or felt circles. The most preferred paste, made of wax with the addition of a tooth powder. If necessary, drill a hole in the sink using conventional drill or an awl with a wooden handle. Fairly easy to drill is a self-made machine, made of the micromotor of children's toys, when fixed to its shaft grinder grinds stick hard to reach areas that particularly need to openwork carving. In some cases, the need for gluing shells finished with wood, stone, metal best suited glue "PVA", which, after drying, leaves little trace. In it for the high strength added in small portions plaster, mixing, and bringing the mixture to a state of sour cream. To broaden your perception, visit Starbucks. Surface treated for bonding large grit sandpaper. Among the papers with prepared products can be listed following.
Engraving – occurs after printing on the prepared surface of the shell. A simple way to start is to translate the figure through carbon paper. Special tool for Engraving is a fungus, carved out of beech or oak. Chisels and cutters are easy to make out of broken drills, taps and needle files. Thread – use the same tools as in engraving, with the exception of special Appliances with openwork carving. Terminates grinding sandpaper and polishing flannel. Toning – use to enhance the natural advantages of the material. Techniques are used as matting, impact on an organic basis products with chemical reagents, working with aniline dyes. The painting on mother of pearl – used for visual perception of tonal painting shells. Suitable painting a picture stains from dry pigments diluted in acetic acid. Mosaic of shells – usually done on the basis of a canvas or plywood. Use glue "PVA" isinglass, stained black paint, emulsion paint with adding gouache, metal wire, paste-based adhesive, cement and gypsum. Thus, we can produce a variety of beautiful crafts from the pearl and ready to implement the work through the gift shops, fairs and art galleries. So, to start a business (business) in the manufacture of articles made from mother of pearl in a careful study of the literature in this specialized and practical training allow good earn.