[Jewelry making - Article 00539] - [Orchid] Yellow Film on Argentium Sterling Silver

[marie keen]

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    I love the non-tarnish argentium silver and have hardened it in my
    home oven. I was pleasantly surprised when it really worked! The
    yellow film on the piece when it comes out of the oven is hard to
    remove, although I had read that it comes off with soap and water,
    NOT! What is the best way to remove the film? I am new to
    silversmithing and I'd like to heat-harden the argent silver jewelry
    without hardening the bezel material which I make of fine silver
    right now. The larimar piece I set recently worked well as the fine
    silver bezel stayed soft enough to close after baking the whole
    pendant at 550 degrees for about 40 min. If I use argent silver, 28g,
    for the bezel material, will I have trouble closing the bezel over
    the stone after I harden the piece in the oven? I would be great for
    the customer to have a piece which is completely made of tarnish-free
    silver. I understand that it is possible to polish off the germanium
    layer, but it is difficult to know at what point that is. Thanks,
    this is so new that my jewelry instructors aren't really familiar
    with all the aspects of argent silver. 

Lynda Marie Keen 

Marie
Lynda Keen Jewelry
www.northcrafts.com/keenjewelry/

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