[Jewelry making - Article 00129] - Re: [Orchid] Liver Of Sulphar break down after use?

[judymw]

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    Hello Mike Mathews, You asked: Does Liver of Sulphur break down
    after use? The answer is Yes. It's best to mix it up in small amounts
    for immediate use. You've learned that the solution doesn't store
    very well. It also "wears out" with ongoing use. 

    Check the archives for Charles Newton-Brain's discussion on liver of
    sulfur (los). 

    For an alternative, John Burgess posted to go to your friendly
    neighbourhood garden shop and buy a little bottle of 'lime sulphur'
    which they sell for treating fungus on shrubs. It is in fact, calcium
    polysulphide, and has exactly the same properties as liver of
    sulphur, which is potassium polysulphide and of course rotten egg.
    All give off hydrogen sulphide, hence the disgusting smell. Use the
    calcium salt exactly as you would 'liver of sulphur' 

    I followed John's suggestion and use the lime sulpher, diluted about
    1:1 with hot water.  The resulting warm solution gives me good
    patinas, but you may like a more dilute solution for better control
    over the process. 

    Judy in Kansas, where this summer has been overall the coolest in
    recent memory! Excitement is high on campus with the first football 
    game this Sat. evening. 

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