After removing the metal, condense with thin burnishers and complete the finish the same as for gold.
The hand set of burnishers has four which are pear-shaped and vary in size, and one which is rather small and roof-shaped.
Burnishers are made of agate or of bloodstone; the latter is said to produce a higher polish, but this may be due to our being more accustomed to its use.
In selectingburnishers the flat ones should not be too wide and the strongest of the curved ones should be taken.
On the whole, steel burnishers are the most convenient if in constant use.
Burnishers of steel, agate, or bloodstone can be bought at the shops where scratch brushes are sold, and are used to produce the same brightening effect as can be got by scratch-brushing.
Another decorator told me he pays his burnishers (girls) from $2 to $2.
His burnishers begin on knives and forks, as they are most simple.
The majority of burnishers work upon plated ware, as less silver is used since plated ware has been brought to its present state of perfection.
Some of the stone burnishers used by bookbinders are also in form like celts, but have a flattened edge.
This operation consists in placing the silver leaves on the heated piece, and fixing them to its surface by burnishers of steel, of various forms.
The burnish is given by rubbing the piece with burnishers of hematite (bloodstone).
Stone burnishers are made of blood-stone, which is mounted in a wooden handle with a brass ferrule, which firmly secures the stone to it, in which state it is used.
Steel burnishers are likewise fixed in wooden handles, which enable them to be firmly grasped by the operator.
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