[Jewelry making - Article 00119] - Re: [Orchid] A concern about the Prip's flux I made

[Peter W . Rowe]

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>     Mine is blue.  Mind you, it's not an ugly shade of blue, it's a
>     pretty blue, like the blue in an acetylene flame.  I actually like
>     it being blue, but is it supposed to be blue? 

    Mixed from pure chemicals, prips flux is colorless,  mixing up to a
    slightly murky clear color.  The blue is what you get when you use
    grocery store laundry aisle borax.  20 mule team, and sometimes
    others (I don't remember if borateem does too) include more than just
    borax.  while it's mostly borax, you'll note occasional light blue
    crystals in the laundry product.  These are whiteners, which are
    essentially dyes, which fluoresce a bluish white under ultraviolet
    or blue light.  The result is the white fabrics look whiter, selling
    more detergent.  In your flux, it makes the flux blue.  You may
    consider it a fine addition to help the marketing appeal, since
    colored liquids might sell better than clear ones.  The blue dye has
    no effect on the function of the flux, so don't worry about it. 

Peter Rowe



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