[Jewelry making - Article 00861] - Re: [Orchid] Unusual colored silver finishes?

[Karen Goeller]

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    I've gotten a wonderful deep brownish color I suppose you could call
    umber, as well as a lighter version of that color that looks like
    "antique gold" on sterling pieces by using quick dips into weak liver
    of sulphur solutions. If the piece is highly polished to start with,
    this dulls it down a little bit, but you could (if you chose to) coat
    it with a high-gloss Krylon clear coat to make it shiny again.  Or
    you could go with a wax to give it a satiny "glow."  However, if you
    polish it, pickle it, or heat it you will lose the patina and have to
    reapply it. 

    You can patina a piece multiple times, using heat, polish, or pickle
    to remove the patina and try again until you get it just the way you
    want it. 

    Using silver, you can also get a really neat range of colors using
    quick, repeated dips into liver of sulphur.  Just make sure that your
    solution isn't TOO strong or too hot or it will go black too quickly
    to take you through that range of colors and shades. 

    Have fun! 

Karen Goeller
kgoeller AT nolimitations.com 

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