[Jewelry making - Article 00177] - Re: [Orchid] Buff rake

[Niels Lovschal]

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Dear Eileen, dear Greg

>>         I have never heard of this being done. This would be an
>>     expensive washing if you use your buffs for gold. All of that
>>     precious metal that could be recovered is being washed down the
>>     drain. 

>        I had a friend who was a "professional polisher" in the jewelry
>     industry, he would take his family on vacation every year after
>     cleaning his gold and platinum buffs and sending his sweeps to the
>     refiners. There was a lot of money in those buffs. 

    Reluctantly and before half of Orchidland warns me about washing my
    whole fortune (be it ever so small) down the drain, here it goes:
    No, I would never dream of washing a gold (or platinum) buff, but my
    students mainly work in sterling, and I think I can afford to 'wash
    down the drain' a few grams of silver, especially as the washing
    process also 'decontaminates' buffs heavily contaminated with coarser
    buffing compounds. At least it works very nicely for me and I intend
    to continue, until my beloved wife finds out and forbids it <Big
    Grin>. 

Niels Lovschal
Bornholm, Denmark

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