[Jewelry making - Article 00058] - Re: [Orchid] Cold enameling with colored resin

[Marilyn Smith]

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    I have not used resin but I would guess that you need to raise a
    fire coat. This is done by repeatedly heating the silver and
    pickling it. It's a good idea to brass brush it with water and
    detergent between heatings. Continue with this cycle until the
    silver is dead white. The surface is now depletion gilded which
    means that copper in the sterling alloy has been  removed from the
    surface. This leaves a thin fine silver layer. You could avoid this
    by using fine silver. 

Marilyn Smith


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