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Mercury Gilding 06/04/26(Thu)15:51:36 No. 2994214
Mercury Gilding Anonymous 06/04/26(Thu)15:51:36 No. 2994214   [Reply] ►
I am a very capable bladesmith and metalworker and I absolutely adore the appearance of mercury gilt objects. The only issue is that this process is incredibly toxic - does anyone here have experience handling mercury vapor? Apparently you can buy mercury vapor masks. I don't have a fume hood but could use my enameling kiln to burn off most of the mercury while I am very far away from it and then go over it with a butane torch while wearing a mask. How horrifically stupid is this idea?
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Anonymous
 06/05/26(Fri)21:06:53 No. 2994388
Anonymous 06/05/26(Fri)21:06:53 No. 2994388 ►
Can you direct the fumes to a drying tower with elemental sulfur flakes or some shit?
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Anonymous
 06/06/26(Sat)00:59:44 No. 2994416
Anonymous 06/06/26(Sat)00:59:44 No. 2994416 ►
>>2994214
Looks like brass. I don’t know what the big deal is.
Everybody’s going to think it’s brass.
You’re going to bring chicks up to see your “mercury gildings” and they’ll see it’s just brass and jettison.

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