[Jewelry making - Article 00796] - Re: [Orchid] Yellow tarnish on silver

[M'lou Brubaker]

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    Rick, I got some yellow tarnish, also, on silver that I had just
    finished and washed and then put immediately into plastic bags. Since
    most of my work has been treated with an oxydizer, I felt that maybe
    I needed to more completely dry the pieces before zipping them up in
    a bag.  I think that the slightly damp corners and recesses which had
    been oxydized might be, as they dried, off-gassing some residual
    oxydizer into the tiny air space of the plastic bag, and affecting
    the whole piece slightly. I now air dry all jewelry for a few hours
    before zipping it up in a bag, and I have not been seeing the yellow
    discoloration any more. HTH! 

-- M'lou Brubaker
mlou AT uslink.net


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