[Jewelry making - Article 00011] - Re: [Orchid] New Experience with Pickle

[Marc Zyla]

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    All this talk about pickle reminded me of my favorite use for used
    pickle. 

    When soldering copper pieces there is always some of the silver
    solder showing no matter how careful I am. 

    So what I do is after all soldering, texturing and polishing I swish
    the piece in warm used pickle while holding it with steel tweezers
    or wrapping it loosly in some iron binding wire. This coats
    everything in a nice fresh copper plating. 

    A little light final polish and stone setting leaves me with a piece
    that has no silver solder lines showing. 

    Best wishes for the new year,

Marc

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