[Jewelry making - Article 01162] - Re: [Orchid] Citri-Pickle

[Trevor F]

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>     another thing about citrus pickle is that you must use very high
>     ratios of citrus to water .... 

Hello ringdoc,

    I don't know the chemistry behind it but my experience is quite
    different. I currently use 400ml of distilled water with 40ml of
    citric acid crystals. Yup, that's 10:1 and I can't say that it works
    any better or faster if you up the concentration, at least not in my
    experience. I use the pickle at about 75 or 80 degrees C. The average
    pickle time is 2-4 minutes, maybe as much as twice that if there's
    really heavy scale or soldering slag. 

    For those who might be interested I've compiled my notes on using
    citric acid pickle into a web page at
    http://www.touchmetal.com/citricacidpickle.html 

Cheers, 
Trevor F.

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