[Jewelry making - Article 01150] - Re: [Orchid] Polishing sterling silver problem

[jonathan presson]

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    recently had a similar problem using cerium oxide grit and silver.
    You'll need to 

    1: Clean the tumbler.
    2: Clean the piece (I ultrasoniced mine)
    3: Clean the shot
    4: use a descaling solution and stainless steel shot in the final     
    tumble.

    Oh you also might have some wax in your tumbler due to the rouge
    compound.... In which case I would suggest running some stainless
    shot in it for 24 hours with rubbing alcohol instead of tumbling
    solution, that will clean off the shot and get the wax out of any
    perforations in the rubber of the tumbler barrel. 

    That's what worked for me... If you are still having problems after
    doing that particularly if the silver is still pewter in color.
    Repeat the above process but before step 4, run the piece thru with
    some fine plastic abrasive. 

    PS - what type of solution are you tumbling in and what is the total
    time for your tumble cycle? 

Hope that helps,
Jon P

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