I'd like to know more about liquid enamel and its uses too. 

I also have a lot of questions about it. For example, I don't understand the difference between liquid enamel and dry enamel with water.

Dry liquid enamel is a very, very fine powder that mixes well with water and can be painted on like paint.  Regular dry enamel for sifting can be mixed with an oil like squeegee oil or lavender oil and be wet-packed into a walled area (like in cloisonne).  The dry enamel and oil makes a somewhat clumpy mixture.

Thanks for your replies.  I read that liquid enamel can be painted over and used with what is called crackle.  And that liquid enamel is good for safgritto ? work.  

Unfortunately, when writers in books write about this, they do not make it clear.

When you write, Dry Enamel, do you mean regular enamel that is sifted on a support?

I had never heard of dry enamel mixed with a lavender type oil.  Does it look the same as regular dry, sifted enamel, as in cloisonne?

Thank you,

Mary Rose

Yes, some people use liquid enamel for sgraffitto.  It can be painted on either a cleanly scrubbed piece of copper or a layer of fused enamel that has a matte finish (use etching cream to get the matte finish).  That's the limit of my knowledge.   I bet there are more ways to use it for sgraffito.

Yes, I was using "dry enamel" to mean the regular 80 mesh enamel that is sifted.  Mixed with oil, it looks similar to sugar scrub but with finer grains.  Supposedly it fires the same as dry enamel.  I have seen a demo on it, but did not see the fired piece.

Thanks for your reply.  I just purchased liquid enamel but haven't used it yet.

MR

Thank you, Trish!

Hello, does anyone want to share experiences using liquid enamel and the reasons for using it?

Thank you, Mary Rose