[Jewelry making - Article 01098] - Re: [Orchid] Prips Flux preparation

[Michael Honeycutt]

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    Don, I'm sorry to not have an answer for your problems but it seems
    to me that you are dealing with a super-saturated solution. I mean
    that, at boiling temps, the water is able to hold more of your
    chemicals in a disolved state. After it cools down to room temp it
    has lost some of its "holding" capacity and a certain amount of the
    chemicals precipitate out of the liquid. That would explain why the
    clear liquid works well at room temps. It is still a super-saturated
    solution but just at a lower temp. I've had similar issues with
    home-brewed pH Minus pickle. Hot it's a clear liquid, cool it down
    to near freezing and it forms a crystaline matrix at the bottom of
    the pot. Heat it up again and the crystals go away. 

    A question I have is where to get the TSP? I've called several
    places and gotten lots of runaround. I'm sure I'm missing something.
    Hope this helps some. 

Mike

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