Description

May 24, 2025
9:00 am – 2:30 pm
Ticket Price $125.00 non-refundable
Michael Gillespie Instructor
Location: 2748 Dogtown Rd, Goochland, VA 23063

Join us for our “Blacksmithing Hydro Dip Class” at the Banton-Smith Center for Blacksmith & Metal Arts. This class will introduce you to the joys of “painting on water.”  You will learn proper pre-treatment options, fluid dynamics, fluid viscosity, proper “dip” techniques and skill sessions.  What fluids can we use, how to diagnose dip problems, proper selection of supplies, etc.  You will complete various projects and have items to take home with you at the end of the class.

No blacksmithing skills are needed in this class as we are not heat forging materials

If you are buying a ticket for someone else, please let us know who will attend the class and provide contact information so we can best tailor the instruction for the class make-up or contact attendees in case of last-minute changes or cancellation.

– Bring your own lunch. We will take a mid-class break. We will have water.

The Banton-Smith Center for Blacksmith and Metal Arts has established a “No-Show Policy” for our classes. When you sign up to take a class, you understand there are no refunds. There may be circumstances where we do not get sufficient enrollment to have the class take place. In this case you are given credit for the amount you paid and can apply that to a different class offering or we can issue you a refund. Should we have to cancel a class, we will advise you (normally several days in advance of the class) and ask what you prefer.

The second part of this policy is geared more towards those who have signed up to take a class and do not show up. We have seen several instances where people fail to contact us to advise they will not be at the class. We sometimes have folks on a waiting list to take a class, yet you fail to advise us in advance so we may offer the class to someone on the waiting list. We understand emergencies do arise but when you fail to notify us about your absence, we do not issue you any credit for the missed class. Oftentimes we have purchased and committed materials for a specific class, have hired an instructor and assistant, arranged for a forge master to be present, etc. These are fees we have incurred to provide this class and if you fail to show up we do not issue you any refund.