[Jewelry making - Article 00300] - Re: [Orchid] Removing borax/boric acid/alcohol mixture

[bruce holmgrain]

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    Just to make things simpler, cold picklle works well too. 

    I was trained to use sulfuric acid, cold. We used baking soda in a
    very saturated solution to neutralize it. Later I used Sparex in the
    special Ferris pickle heater. After breaking about a dozen of these,
    I started using a Crockpot. These lasted a very long time. Now, I
    just use a Pyrex dish. No heat. If I really think that I need heat, I
    might heat up my work and quench it. Works fine and has worked fine
    for years. BTW. I get my sodium bisulfate from a pool supply. Maybe
    $50 for fifty lbs. I got my last bag five or six years ago. 

Bruce D. Holmgrain
JA Certified Master Benchjeweler
Goldwerx
http://www.goldwerx.com

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