Repousse Pitch

[meco3hp]

8 oz of brick dust
1 oz of resin
1 tbl of linseedoil

Heated and mixed together.

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[meco3hp]

Repousse Pitch #2

Mix 1 part common pitch with 1 part Plaster-of-Paris

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[Richie Dagger]

I'm looking to make a pine resin based pitch, similar to the first listed here. I'm having a difficult time sourcing brick dust, and was wondering if there's some intrinsic property to it that makes it a necessity for the pitch, or if I could substitute some other fines, like fly ash or diatomaceous earth.

[4elements]

Try asking a brick Mason for the residue from his brick saw. You'll have to dry it out

[JHCC]

Or salvage an old brick and pound it to powder. Old handmade bricks are best.

[Irondragon Forge ClayWorks]

DE should work or you can buy red brick dust used in some religions.

[Stash]

I'm Presbyterian and we don't use red brick dust in our sacraments. Is that a Druid thing?

Steve

[Daswulf]

I have seen it for sale. I believe it's used in wiccan and voodoo. 

[Terrance W]

if you do a google search you will find you can use sand and Plaster of Paris, or Iron oxide.