[Jewelry making - Article 00027] - [Orchid] Pripps in the UK

[Chris Penner]

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    Dear all, more for information to UK silversmiths than a question: 

    After 3 years of hunting down a source of trisoduimphosphate in the
    UK, where suppliers are universally nervous about selling unusual
    chemicals to members of the public, I finally found some (from
    www.rose-chemicals.co.uk in London) and whipped up a batch of Pripps
    over the weekend to assist me in making some small salt and pepper
    dishes. 10 annealings and one protracted piece of soldering later and
    the only firestain occurred where I had messed up the application and
    polished out easily. Made pickling quite speedy as well. Knocks the
    spots off of Argotech at any rate. 

    Only downside is that it was not inexpensive (about 340 for 1.5kg
    of made up flux), though lower quality borax and boric acid would
    reduce this somewhat (suggestions on good sources in the UK welcome).
    And I can see that in future I will be cursed with a very sticky
    soldering station, but a small price to pay. 

Regards
Chris Penner
www.collarsandcuffs.co.uk

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