[Jewelry making - Article 00153] - Re: [Orchid] Annealing gold?

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    Hi Betty, You can try mixing a batch of pickle with peroxide to help
    clean off some of the copper. Take some warm pickle and put it in a
    glass bowl and add some hydrogen peroxide. I can't remember the
    proportions I use. I probably do it a little different each time. You
    might try 3/4 pickle to 1/4 peroxide or as much as half and half. But
    it will give you a boosted pickle and you will see little active
    bubbles clinging to the metal in there. This mix is fumey and will
    take your breath away so do it with really good ventiliation. It
    takes more than one soak for really coppery pieces. But it will
    really reduce how much you have to remove by hand. -Carrie Nunes 

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