[Jewelry making - Article 00031] - [Orchid] Controlling Porosity in Handmade Silver Jewelry

[Doug Adler]

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Hello

    I am quite new to Orchid and this is my first post! I make lot of
    Handmade Jewelry peices with faceted and cabochon gemstones like
    Amethyst, Garnet etc. I use Anti Tarnish Alloy (not copper) however
    there are lot of problems, the metal still gets porous, and on
    setting the stone, the border of the stone gets dark with pits and
    holes which eventually appear after polishing. Can some one help in
    the best method to make porosity free sterling silver peices? i am
    quite new to making jewelry may self.

Thanks
Adler Goug
adlergems  AT  yahoo.co. uk




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