[Jewelry making - Article 00200] - Re: [Orchid] Lubricating jump ringer

[Ian W. Wright]

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    How do you expect to remove wax using an acid? Wax is often used as
    a resist to protect metal from attack by acids in the etching
    process. While beeswax does make a decent lubricant - tallow is
    probably even better but doesn't smell as nice - you must remove
    either with a solvent such as denatured alcohol (Methylated Spirit),
    preferably in a two stage process. After cutting the rings dunk them
    in a pot of denatured alcohol and swill them around for a few
    minutes. If you are doing a lot of rings, this pot of solvent will
    start to get loaded with wax and so may leave a light film of wax
    still on the rings, so, another pot of clean alcohol can be used to
    rinse the rings in. When all the wax is removed you can pickle the
    rings in Sulphuric acid if you need to but it shouldn't usually be
    necessary. 

Best Wishes,
Ian
Ian W. Wright
Sheffield  UK

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