[Jewelry making - Article 00018] - Re: [Orchid] Brittle Gold

[Island Gold Works]

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>         Also - I am a LONG time lap swimmer (several days a week x 30
>     + yrs) and my own jewelry that has been exposed to chlorine has
>     never behaved that way. 

    Linda, It is a confirmed fact that chlorine attacks the alloys in
    precious metals, not necessarily the precious metal itself. And the
    nickel in white gold being the most affected. I had a customer SOAK 
    her jewelry in Clorox bleach, the result was metal that looked like a
    sponge! The precious metal was there, but the alloys hade dissolved.
    You could crush ring shank with your hands! All her jewelry had to be
    remade. Thomas Blair


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