Pitch It To You – Chasing / Repousse Pitch

Welcome to “Pitch It To You” – Chasing / Repousse Pitch

Website: http://chaserspitch.com

“Pitch It To You” is a Division of A Copper Rose Metal Art.

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Chasers / Repousse Pitch – Medium Pine Rosin Based Pitch

 I am a working repousse / metal chasing artist and I make and use this pitch myself.

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NOTE:  All chasers pitches have different qualities and are used for different applications and metals.  This particular pitch is best used warm to touch for maxium adhesion while working, particularly with heavy work or use in colder temperatures. 

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This is a nice all around use pine rosin based medium chasers pitch that is suitable for most metal chasing and repousse projects.

This chasers pitch warms and softens easily with heat gun or plumbers torch to obtain good relief / repousse in your design, but also firms up nicely for planishing and chasing work.

This chasers pitch has great adhesion to the metal while you are working on it. Yet this chasers pitch easily releases the metal with a little heat from a heat gun or torch, with minimal pitch residue left on the metal once it comes off the pitch.

This chasers pitch has low odor/fumes and no smoke when properly/safely warmed up or melted. The odor that this chasers pitch does have is very mild and pleasant. There is smoke when burning off the minimal residual pitch after removing metal, but it does not flame up or smoke excessively.

This chasers pitch melts consistently without bubbling or puddling at a low temperature, yet cools quickly to touch – minimizing burning risks to the user.

This chasers pitch is easily kept malleable while working with the use of a heat gun or plumber’s torch.

This chasers pitch is free of petroleum or animal products.

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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT 

 “PITCH IT TO YOU”  Chasing & Repousse Pitch:

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“I really like it!  Worked great.  Used it to pitch a helm for chasing.  Stuck nicely since I couldn’t put it in a bowl as usual.  Very controllable.”

– Heather McLarty – President, Board of Directors – Adams Forge   

 

”  It warmed through well with a heat gun or hair dryer, that is the top surface did not become napalm dangerous but heat transmitted fairly smoothly and well through the pitch to a depth of half an inch, turning the mat erial, it was possible to warm it to handleable level…… 

So one could warm it, hold it in the hand, push it into recesses, all at a reasonable temperature, similar to the red pitch from Fischer…..

…..very good for finer work.  With finer work, such as using a liner, or tracer or oval  forming tool it had very good resistance. Better than other pitches. Really recommended for this kind of work.

Many pitches, like the German red pitch, when one uses a liner, tracer etc., would  bend in nearby. This pitch does not, in other words has excellent resistance, allowing detail without compromise.  Excellent for lining , tracing, precise work.  This part is a special attribute worth mentioning. ”

– Charles Lewton Brain   Author:  The Jeweler’s Bench Book and Foldforming Co-Founder:  Co-founder of the Ganoksin Project

“The biggest advantage I’ve found with this pitch is that it supports the metal so well, finer detail is much easier. I get pristine lines and fine plannishing marks with about half as much effort and therefore in half as much time. This advantage alone is enough to make me a convert.”

– Victoria Lansford  – Independent studio metalsmith, producer of the Metal Techniques of Bronze Age Masters

 

“Thank you for sending me the pitch so promptly.  I am delighted with your product, from the presentation -easy to use small pieces of pitch, thru to getting it into bowls and getting started.  This whole process was very quick.   Your pitch seems to like being  softened by heat gun or soft flame.  AND such a lovely smell, that makes you feel great  about your work! 

I and my students have been trying it out in cold weather, the resin is crisp and hard but  sufficient softness can be maintained with heat applications.  It means the pieces often  come away almost clean.  Small traces of this pitch can be removed with mineral oil. 

We love it and recommend it to everyone. “

Sarah Gascoigne – Independent Metalsmith & Designer Jeweler  and Instructor at Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA

 

“Debra your pitch works very well for me. My pieces are generally quite small and I often need to remove them frequently to check fit, refine with filing, etc., so a lot of back-and-forth in being in the pitch and then not. So the non-stick quality actually works very well for me with minimal residue left after popping the piece out. It also makes it easy to push it around with a hammer to fit pieces without it sticking to the hammer.

The pitch heats up nicely and retains the heat at a rate that is easily controlled, and which moves very nicely under the metal.

Nice fragrance too. I’m looking forward to using it in a variety of projects.  A very fine product. – Jim”

– Jim Kelso – Artist / Craftsman – Works in gold, silver, non-ferrous alloys, steel and iron using Japanese and European techniques. His work is featured in Nancy Megan Corwin’sbook: Chasing and Repousse – Methods Ancient and Modern