[Jewelry making - Article 00120] - Re: [Orchid] Post Pickle Staining

[Elaine Luther]

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    Congratulations! You've discovered fire stain, aka Jeweler's Scourge,
    aka...firescale. 

    Anyway, it a result of soldering and must be ground and/or polished
    off. 

    Once it's gone, if you continue polishing, you may go through
    another layer of metal and undercover more of it. 

    Tumbling with a descaling liquid also removes it. 

    Switching to a self pickling flux, like Batterns, may help. 

    There is a product Rio sells called Stop-ox, that you spray on your
    metal before you solder and it's supposed to prevent (or reduce?
    firescale). 

Elaine

Elaine Luther
Metalsmith, Certified PMC Instructor
http://www.CreativeTextureTools.com (TM)
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