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Gilding the Trademark

Author: mark weinstein
Date: 2000-11-23 13:53

Thought I would share ----

Once you've got the (necessaary) Crayon ... its use really almost borders on art.

I go across the grain of the wood around a Trademark (say, like on the Bell of an R-13, from left to right, and from right to left) ... it really fills IN the Trademark impression. Going WITH the grain is a waste of materials, IMO.

Saska covers this in his manual.

What nobody says to do AFTERWARDS, was important to me.

The (trademark gilding) Crayons seem to have some amount of oil & moisture within the crayon material. When I would (immediately, upon using the crayon) wipe away any excess I also wiped part of the crayon in the trademark away.
If you wanted to be a real artist like my wife, you could probably spend a lot of time and clean any residue from the area, avoiding removal of the "good crayon".

My solution is to let the crayon-gilded area DRY thoroughly. This does a MUCH better job, I looked at a R-13 bell this a.m, that was done 36 hours ago. I applied a some cotton (clean) rag to the area. VOILE only the excess comes off (its not perfect by any means, but a noticeable an improvement -0-- this is the 3rd or 4th one I have done this way).

BTW: Buffet uses a DIFFERENT crayon than the Selmer crayon that Ferree's ONLY sells.
mw

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