[Jewelry making - Article 00138] - Re: [Orchid] Reticulating White Gold

[Martin Niemeijer]

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    Hello Dough, A bit difficult but this is what I do. take a strip of
    white gold. Cover it very good with a boric acid solution, or prips
    flux. No borax. this will smooth the surface Heat up the white gold
    with a small flame partly up to near melting the surface. (shining
    surface) Take a steel brush, and push it  the surface. The steel wires
    are pushing in the surface and cooling it down and given it a nice
    crusty surface. The type of brush and how the wires are deformed are
    defining the effect. After the surface has been worked with the flame
    and brush. let the gold cool slowly down. You need to repair the inner
    structure. It depends a bit on the type of white gold you are using.
    But heat it up to dull red and cool down in alcohol. do this a few
    times. and hopefully the alloy is a bit ductile again. 

    This brush trick can be done with every material. Also it is and
    easy method to make rough nuggets. Take than a very rough steel
    brush. 

Success
Martin Niemeijer

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