[Jewelry making - Article 00641] - Re: [Orchid] Silver Dip

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    Thank you for the replies to this question.  Given that silver dip
    removes tarnish does this mean that if an item was polished to a
    high polish rouge finish then left exposed to air for a while and it
    became tarnished, that a dip in silver dip would restore it to the
    exact state it was in just after receiving a high polish? 

    I am not exactly clear on how tarnish affects the polish - I thought
    polishing gave the piece its best chance at protection from tarnish
    by reducing its surface area to the smallest possible by making it
    so smooth.  And, I thought that tarnish was the result of a chemical
    reaction that occured on the surface of the metal.... so, I would
    have thought that to remove tarnish that layer of metal would need
    to be removed....  So, does the silver dip remove this layer, or
    reverse the reaction or have I totally got my understanding of
    tarnish mixed up? 

Thanks,
R.R. Jackson

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