[Jewelry making - Article 00687] - Re: [Orchid] Metal Tes Strainers

[Peter W . Rowe]

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>        Does anyone know if the metal mesh-spring tea strainers are
>     pickle-safe stainless steel? I wanted to use it for sulfuric acid
>     pickle, but was afraid it (or some part of it) might
>     contaminate. Janet 

    There are different manufacturers.  Some of them might be, but I've
    seen some where the mesh is stainless, but the frame is not, and
    beyond that, not all stainless will withstand pickle.  In fact, most
    of it won't stand extended immersion.without etching some.  for my
    money, I'd save this device for the ultreasonic and steamer.  the
    pickle pot, after all, seldom allows you to blast something around the
    room as the steamer does, so the covered basket may be overkill.  How
    'bout just empty plastic container, perhaps a film can, and punching
    a bunch of holes in it with a small drill.  some of the film
    containers are almost clear, making seeing your work in the bottom
    easy, and if you do this with a small drill, it can still stop tiny
    things from escaping.  Might drain slower than your mesh screen,  but
    you don't then risk contaminating your pickle, and it's a lot cheaper
    too.  install a bit of copper wire bent into a hook through a drill
    hole near the edge, and you can hang it in the pickle better than
    those tea strainers too.  In our shop, we've got a number of such
    small plastic baskets, improvised from several sources.  There's the
    film cans, as I noted, which have the small advantage of also having
    tight covers, in case that's needed, (drill the covers too).  And
    larger ones made from the caps of empty spray cans, as well as other
    small plastic jars...  Easy and quick to make, and free. 

Peter

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