[Jewelry making - Article 00105] - Re: [Orchid] What is the value of an ultrasonic?

[John Donivan]

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    I started out in this business making turquoise jewelry in
    Albuquerque. We used a bucket of soapy water and old toothbrushes to
    clean jewelry after polishing. Not only did it work fine, it is, in
    my experience, the best way to clean it. I still clean that sort of
    jewelry the same way. The value of a n ultrasonic is when you have
    more towards what is called fine jewelry: gemstones set into metal,
    lots of details, little tiny holes drilled under stones, etc. Those
    places cannot be reached by conventional methods, and the ultrasonic,
    and it's companion steam, are about the ONLY way to do the job. If
    you are working in a larger format, expecially silver, and scrubbing
    does the job, then you probably don't really need ultrasonic, though
    it's always useful. 

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