[Jewelry making - Article 00356] - [Orchid] Raising the Fine Silver Failure

[Ariella Merklin]

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All,

    Today I tried to raise the fine silver on some earrings and pendants
    in this way: I marked each piece with a "sharpie" and heated with a
    large brushy flame until the "sharpie" marks disappeared. Then I
    quenched the pieces in warm pickle while they were still hot. 

    There are two ways that I failed: 

    1) The pieces are now a dull and very ugly grey- which I assume is
    firescale?? Am I right? What is it and how do I get rid of it? 

    2) The previous solder joints have weakened and some of the findings
    (earring posts/ jump rings for the pendants) have fallen off. 

    I have raised the fine silver in this manner before and have not had
    any problems. What went wrong?? Was it just my working in a sour mood?

Thanks,
Ariella

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