[Jewelry making - Article 00313] - Re: [Orchid] Removing gold posts broken off in a pearl

[David L. Huffman]

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Hi Nans;

    Yikes! NO ACIDS! Pearls fizz like alka-seltzers in any kind of acid,
    even viniger. They will completely dissolve, and rather quickly at
    that. If the peg is glued in place, try MEK. I know, nasty stuff, but
    it's about all that will cut cured epoxy. "Attack", a product sold by
    jewelry suppliers, is better, but it's even more hazerdous, and it
    will cost you a pretty penny to have it shipped, since it's a
    hazerdous material. Personally, I'd got for drilling it out. Get a
    tiny round burr, maybe 0.8 millimeters and make a small dent in the
    end of the wire. Then use a small drill bit, around 1.0 millimeters
    and drill down into it. If that doesn't completely remove it,
    continue to enlarge the hole in the peg willl consecutively larger
    round burs untill it's gone. Take great care at this point. If you
    break off the drill bit or a round bur in the peg, you'll have to
    send the job to me to have it fixed. :-). 

David L. Huffman
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