[Jewelry making - Article 00046] - Re: [Orchid] IT Solder

[Nancy Howland]

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    Peter, Your comments regarding the hazards of marking the join of
    links with black ink makes sense.  I usually wind dead soft wire
    (that has not been pickled) around a mandrel, cut the links, close
    every other link (for a chain), then pickle all of the links.  I
    pickle the links at this point because I assume that I might have
    contaminated the metal by handling (oils, etc.) and to remove a wax
    that I believe is coating the silver when it is sent to me by the
    manufacturer (to retard tarnish).  Are these assumptions not
    correct? (I thought the pickle acid removed oils and waxes.) 
    Apparently I have been very lucky about the ink not running down
    into the joint.  I really only put a dot of ink on (or next to ?)
    the spot.   Now that I know what could happen, I'll probably have
    trouble. 

Regards, 
Nancy



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