[Jewelry making - Article 00084] - [Orchid] Post Pickle Staining

[claire]

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    I have only recently begun to work from my own workshop at
    home and all equipment is new. I have been soldering thin panels of
    silver (and gold) onto 1mm thick silver pendant pieces. After
    pickling and polishing the silver has had a patchy, dull, 'cloudy'
    look in places - almost like condensation! - which I can't remove. I
    have never encountered this before and am baffled. I thought it may
    be flux problems initially. I use a traditional borax cone, but
    switched to paste and the same thing still happened. I thought it
    may be a problem with the pickle salts and changed the solution, but
    it didn't fix the problem. Can anyone offer any advice? 


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