Using a Lathekin in Copper Foiling

Video Transcript

"Hi. Again, I'm explaining the different tools you can use that you can use with our Copper Foiling Project. We're making a Sun Catcher. And, these are called Burnishers or Lathekins. As you notice, there are two different types. Both of them are made out of a durable plastic. This one actually has more than one use. This one can be used in your copper foiling and it can also be used in your leaded glass work because you can take this to go through your lead cane which we'll discuss at a later time. But for right now, how these work is, when you take your copper foiling and you peel it from the back and apply it to your glass, centered on your edge, as such. Whoops! There we go. We're using the seven-thirty-seconds thickness of our copper foiling and you would take this and just use it to apply as well as this one. They're both used for the same thing. Make sure that doesn't happen. Sometimes your copper foil gets caught in itself, but you get the idea. That is what this tool is used for and make sure you get a nice, clean surface."