[Jewelry making - Article 01300] - [Orchid] 14k Gold too pink

[Kay Ivanovic]

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Hello from a new subscriber,

    I'm American but live and work as a silversmith in London. I admire
    this instinct for sharing information and techniques. I hope I'll be
    able to contribute something helpful some time. 

    I have a problem with an experiment I've been doing "painting" with
    14k yellow gold on silver as per an article by John E. Cogswell in
    tech news in Metalsmith mag. The gold "paint strokes" keep turning
    out too pink instead of yellow and aren't showing up well. I've
    tried annealing and pickling a couple of  times to try to enhance it
    and am using fresh safety pickle but results are still too subtle.
    The design precludes using sulphides for contrast. Maybe I'm
    expecting too much... Has anyone had a similar experience? Any
    suggestions for improving the color? 

    Also, I'm not  very swift in the computer department and haven't got
    the hang of finding my way around the site. I've spent far too many
    happy hours meandering through the archives and wonder if you have to
    scroll through all the month's pages to find if there are any replies
    to your question? 

Don't laugh.
Thanks, Kay I.

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