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How to make DIY Copper Electroforming Solution

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   Here we are finally with the recipe for the electroforming solution. Few simple ingredients that can be easily found at your local stores or on the internet and few simple steps to prepare the most important component of electroforming. Inside this liquid happen all the chemical and electrical reactions that lead us to our amazing objects. Please be careful of how you handle these ingredients, some of them can be dangerous.   We need 4 ingredients: 4 liters of Distilled water (1 gallon) 907gr of Copper Sulfate (32 ounces) 32 ml of Sulfuric Acid at 37% concentration 10 ml of Midas Brightener and some tool: Plastic cup or any other plastic or glass container Funnel a Graduated plastic or glass container a steel pot or a 5 liters glass beaker coffee filters or professional lab filters paper The first thing I'm gonna do is to dissolve the Copper Sulfate in the Distilled Water. To accelerate the process, I warm the water up a little. Then I pour the two ingredients in to...

Valentine's Electroformed Heart Leaf

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  For Valentine's Day, there wasn't a better plant to use for a project than Smilax Aspera. It's a perennial, evergreen climber with thorns, and it's also a poisonous plant. It can be easily recognized by its heart shaped leaves. Smilax was a nymph from Greek mythology. She was in love with the young Croco, but the gods opposed their love. Croco committed suicide and Smilax was transformed into a creeper. She still shows her love with these beautiful heart shaped leaves.   All the material and tools I've used for this project are: Smilax Aspera leaf Rose Quartz Crystals 2.5 mm copper wire (10awg) UV Resin Toothpicks Conductive Paint Electroforming Solution Distilled Water Liver of Sulfur Copper Sulfate Bleach Jewelry chain Jump-rings Lobster clasp Scissors Super fine sharpie Precision cutter UV Lamp Brushes Electroforming equipment plastic containers  With a super fine sharpie I marked the outline for the gemstones and I made the holes with a precision cutter. Then...

Nuts Geodes Jewelry Set

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  Nuts and Geodes have something in common, you crack them open and something awesome pops out of them. A delicious seed or shiny crystals. With nutshells and crystals, I make these hybrid jewels. The inspiration came from those little dioramas made inside walnuts. I saw a few of them on the internet and I had to make my version. For this project, I used this material: Walnuts and Hazelnuts Quartz crystal points Sand paper Mirror effect Varnish UV Resin 2.5 mm Copper Wire Pickling solution 401 CA Glue Relief Paint Graphite Conductive Paint Electroforming Solution Distilled Water Liver of Sulfur Baking Soda Zapon Lack Jump-rings Jewelry chain Lobster clasp  and these tools: Ball Peen Hammer Steel anvil Wood chisels Brass wire brush Rotary tool Steel Burrs bit Flat nose pliers Diamond cutting wheel My DIY Tank Dropper UV Lamp Disposable Gloves Cloth pins DIY Texturing Hammer Propane torch Heat-proof surface Various glass containers Torque lock clamp Tweezers Steel mandrel f...