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Margie Mersky is your best source for custom high quality designs and now featuring " Deep Detail " for the ultimate in carving wax.
Serving the finest jewelry studios since 1985.

Margie,

  Thank you!!!!  This order is long over due, you sent me a sample many months ago. With the daily rush and the Holidays to boot.  I have just recently finished a special project where I used your wax. After casting I placed the order.You have the best wax I have used. Expect me to be a regular customer. Now I can give a great report on the orchid daily web newsletter. I read a great report just two days ago. And I will back him up.

       Thank You, Jerry Levin

My long overdue opinion of Deep Detail Carving Wax. Created and sold by Margie Mersky. I have been carving wax and making Jewelry for 36 years. When ever I find a material or tool that will make my job easier or improve the results of my labor, I stick with it. I have found this to be true with Deep Detail Wax. After finishing a one off Mammoth Ivory carving, I tried Margie's Deep Detail wax for an intricate cap to the piece. What a difference quality materials make. No affiliation.

Tip to Justine - When I need a wax piece a little smaller... Try a band saw, or if you don't have access to one. A Japanese Dozuki hand saw will cut like butter as thin as you like.

Jerry....A Cold Day in the Motor City

" David L. Huffman" wrote:
From: " David L. Huffman"
To: <mkmwaxes@yahoo.com>
Subject: your new wax
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 23:32:50 -0500

Hi Margie;

How goes it?  I got started on a wax today, but didn't get much time to work on it.  It's to  be a filligree type mounting, complete with pre-pave, lot's of lacey design.  I'm using your wax.  Nice stuff, I should have a lot of nice things to say about it.  So far, here's what I've noticed.

It's a little harder, actually, than Ferris's green wax, which is what I've been using extensively, but interestingly, it seems a bit tougher.  I've been shifting to harder and harder wax over the years as I've gained a lighter touch and don't crunch them any more, so harder is fine with me.

Some pretty unexpected qualities to your wax.  Right away, I noticed that, being lighter in color and more opaque than the Ferris green, it's a lot easier to see detail.  I mean, it's a LOT easier to see it.  What's hard to fathom is how it's seemingly a bit harder than the Ferris green, yet it seems a bit tougher.  And it's very smooth to carve, almost as if it had a finer grain to it.  Kind of silky under the knife.  Not chattery in the least, like the Ferris green.  I think it's going to be great for carving.  It saws cleanly, and doesn't load up burs, which I kind of expected considering it seems to have slightly more elastic surface.  It's funny, I haven't integrated the working characteristics into my sort of autonomic nervous system way of working yet, and my perceptions are a little thrown by what seem to be contradicting aspects of it's behavior under tools, such as the rigidity vs. the way it cuts.  My mind responds to using a scraping tool on it registering something like an injection wax, then I go at it with a graver or a file, and it's close to the Ferris waxes.  Peculiar  stuff.  Anyway, I'll wait until I finish the wax I'm working on to write up a synopsis of what I think makes this a superior carving wax.  From what I've seen so far, any experienced wax carver would prefer this to anything else out there.  I'll get back to you soon.

David

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 "David L. Huffman" <dhuffman@odyssey.net> wrote:

Hi All;

I just got some of Margie Mersky's Deep Detail wax and told her I'd
post my opinions of it here on the forum. I'm getting no
remuneration for this, just wanted to share this resource.

Margie's wax is a carving wax, hard, similar to Ferris's green
carving wax. It has some peculiar differences that make in
interesting to work with. First, it's a lighter color and more
opaque than other carving waxes. I find this makes it much easier to
see what you're carving. I've used it to build up prongs and it
keeps it's color and opacity. Some waxes won't do this, they become
more transparent with re-melting.

It's got a really smooth consistency, less chattery than the carving
waxes I usually use, and I was impressed with the way it scrapes to
a smooth surface with a sharp tool. It's a little more elastic on
the surface, but still carves much like typical carving waxes. I
think this helps maintain the detail better.

I'm finding this wax is good for precise carving, not so much for
it's carving characteristics but more for the improved visibility. I
haven't tried it with organic designs yet, but my opinion is that it
will be very well suited for these because of the smooth
carve-ability.

All in all, it's a nice product at a competitive price and worth a
try. Go to http://www.deepdetail.com to order.

David L. Huffman