[Jewelry making - Article 00323] - Re: [Orchid] Working with pewter and nickel

[adrian price]

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    The best all round book I have found  on working with pewter is 'The
    Techniques of Pewtersmithing' by Charles Hull & Jack Murrell, 

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    The techniques of pewtersmithing
    By Charles Hull

    http://www.ganoksin.com/jewelry-books/us/product/0713447516.htm
 
    Price: $34.95

    Manufacturer : B.T. Batsford
    Release data : 1984

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    In the UK we have a Worshipful Company of Pewterers,
    www.pewterers.org.uk They are a sort of guild and may be some help.
    I do have some recipes for colouring pewter: For black patina, add
    some copper filings or thin copper wire to around 10% nitric acid 90%
    water. For dark gray patina, use around 10% sulphuric acid 2% nitric
    and 88% water. Always add acid to water, (I'm sure you knew that)
    and you can use the nitric-copper mix for etching the pewter too.

    Hope this helps, Adrian 


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