repairing enamel jewellery

sandy2_2

I have a cloisonne brooch in the shape of a flower and noticed today that abouta quarter inch square of enamel is missing from the end of one of the petals. Has anyone any ideas how I can effect a repair eg fill with polyfiller and paint over with nail varnish
Thanx
Sandy

xxvickixx

I would go with a bit of filler and paint with nailvarnish. If you can't get the exact colour then you can mix a bit of powdered chalk, paint, eyeshadow etc to get it right.

Larumbelle

You can buy enamel powder from craft shops and it's not too dear - if you are very careful you should be able to re-fill the area with enamel and re-fire it. If you have a craft shop near you that sells it, try asking if they can put you in touch with any regulars who do enamel work, or ask if you can put a postcard up asking for help?

sandy2_2

silvercharming wrote: »

You can buy enamel powder from craft shops and it's not too dear - if you are very careful you should be able to re-fill the area with enamel and re-fire it. If you have a craft shop near you that sells it, try asking if they can put you in touch with any regulars who do enamel work, or ask if you can put a postcard up asking for help?

Thanks for the idea, but I live in rural Spain, so not possible out here and I haven't got the facility to try and re/fire even if I could get the powder. But I'm sure your suggestion will help others. I was wondering about putting some sort of 'stuff' (don't know what) to act as an adhesive on the metal before trying the poly filla, or do you think a mixed matching colour of nail varnish would stay on the metal OK. You know so-´s law and all that when you get nail varnish somewhere it shouldn´t be it sticks forever, but when you want it to, it´s another story

xxvickixx

Use a bit of sandpaper on the metal to rough the area you want the nailvarnish to stick to, give the metal a wipe with alcohol or nail varnish remover to remove any grease. That should help it stick well.