[Jewelry making - Article 00039] - Re: [Orchid] Fusing silver

[Tereze Gluck]

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    hi joy.  I don't know if this is what you're looking for. . . but in
    the various processes I use, we often 'raise' sterling silver to fine
    silver by repeatedly heating it and pickling it, heating and pickling. 


    I don't actually know what 'pickle' is - I just go to the jewelry
    district and buy it!  but we use it all the time in metalwork -
    whenever we heat the metal we pickle it to clean it.  you ought to be
    able to purchase pickle in any jewelry supply place.  at our studio we
    keep it in a crock pot to keep it warm. when you take pieces out of
    the pickle, use ONLY copper tongs - if you use steel or iron or
    anything else, it will actually 'plate' the metal.  

    to raise sterling silver to fine silver, you should heat and pickle
    about 5 times. 

hope this was some help!!!
cheers,
tereze gluck
tereze.gluck AT citicorp.com

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