Yep, that's who I get my mica from also. I have them cut sheets into 9 inch by 36 inch strips for lamp shades. It's easy to form this mica if you use a hot gun. You know, the paint striping hot air guns. You could probably use a hair dryer set on high. Temperature to bend the mica is in the 110 degree Fahrenheit range. If you get the mica too hot, the shellac will become brittle. So it's best to keep the heat down to just enough to bend the mica.
Yep, that's who I get my
Yep, that's who I get my mica from also. I have them cut sheets into 9 inch by 36 inch strips for lamp shades. It's easy to form this mica if you use a hot gun. You know, the paint striping hot air guns. You could probably use a hair dryer set on high. Temperature to bend the mica is in the 110 degree Fahrenheit range. If you get the mica too hot, the shellac will become brittle. So it's best to keep the heat down to just enough to bend the mica.