1. Take out appropriate weight of PMC & make it into coil
   put card on either side of PMC Clay roil with light pressure, roil it into 1cm wide & 7.5cm length
2. Swear PMC with water by using small pen in order to avoid the seam
3. Rap PMC on wooden mandrel, put little drops of water, light press on the overlap
4. cut PMC with 45 degree
5. cut out unnecessary part of PMC
6. moisten the fingertips, put surface together with water
7. make the surface smooth with water and brush.
8. trim off the fringe of PMC and cut out unnecessary part of PMC by using pen-knife
9. air dry after styling.

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1. face up the back side of reaf
2. paint PMC3 paste on the leaf by using paint brush
3. Take
4. dry the painted leaf
5. take out the leaf and paint PMC3 paste
6. dry the leaf again
7. clean surface of the leaf with cotton stick before putting it into the kiln
8. fire with 750 centigrade
9. some PMC remain on the leaf surface
10. use the brush and water to clean the leaf
11. polish.

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1. put PMC3 and wooden mandrel into a box
2. close the box with cover, use dryer to dry around 5-10 minutes
3. fold the paper of the upper part of wooden mandrel inwardly and take out the PMC ring after drying
   1. put the rest of PMC powder & piece in the little cup, dried PMC piece can be mended by water
   2. apart from the method of drying by air, place PMC on the wire mesh and fire with weak fire around 15-30 minutes

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Gem
Gemstones and natural stone cannot be fired; as it cracks get or discolored.

Synthetic Stone
Heatproof synthetic stone can be fired with the creation, so the inlay method can be used.

Method of Setting Synthetic Stone

Using setting frame

1. Set the setting frame into PMC when the PMC base plate is still soft.
2. Fix the setting frame on dried PMC base plate by using PMC paste. After firing, set the stone in the setting frame & fold the bezel inwardly by using pincer

Not Using Setting Frame

1. press the bottom part of stone into PMC when the PMC base plate is still soft, press a stone setting place. After drying, bind and fix it by using PMC paste till the stone's annular tape, using PMC paste fixes it tightly. The unnecessary part of the PMC on synthetic stone is needed to be cleaned by wet tissue, cut this part by pen-knife after drying.
2. for cabochons:
   After the PMC base plate is dried, take PMC paste by pen and smear over the stone surface which is needed to bind, then bind it to the PMC base plate directly
3. The stone should be foced properly to the PMC base to avoid it from dropping or corring out.

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