[Jewelry making - Article 00027] - Re: [Orchid] Health hazards from Customer Jewelry?

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    Dear Mark,   I was the first in this fairly recent thread to ask the
    question about health hazards from customer jewelry. The replies
    have been wonderful and some quite enlightening. 

    As for my approach, this has changed a bit since the first question
    was posed here on Orhid. Now, at the very least a bottle of alcohol
    based "hand sanitizer" is available and that is a simple "offer" to
    the customer before and to the store person also. 

    As for steaming, surely that will kill the bugs. At the pressure of
    my steamer, I calculate the temp in f to be about 330 degrees.  But,
    the first option is to ultrasonic, either directly in the tank or in
    a plastic baggie full of alcohol then the regular tank. I admit, this
    is not an autoclave but should be effective most of the time.
    Perhaps we are making a mountain of a small ant hill but some ants
    build mighty large hills! 

    All together, I will simply say that since that first post, I am
    practicing more cautious  means of taking in and handling jewelry. 
    All is done in good taste but is not overkill.  To prevent a single
    transfer of disease is not overkill and I believe that may be done
    in a tactful and reasonably effective manner. 

    After all, we really do not know what the risks truly are.  I have
    seen nothing reported on that. 

Thomas.     
professional bench jeweler, 
lizzieq AT mindspring.com 

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