[Jewelry making - Article 00045] - Re: [Orchid] Safe pickle?

[Helen Hill]

========[ Invite a Friend - http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm  ]========

Hi John,

    Yes you're right, there seems to be a lot of confusion. I have
    posted a few posts explaining what my research dug up, ie. that
    sodium bisulphite (NaHSO3) converts to sodium bisulphate (NaHSO4) on
    contact with air. I was also informed originally that "pH down"
    bought for pools has sodium bisulphITE as the active ingredient but I
    have since been informed that some of the pool chemical has sodium
    bisulphATE as the active ingredient. Either way, whether you buy the
    pool stuff with the sodium bisulphITE or with sodium bisulphATE as
    its active ingredient, they work equally well and are vastly less
    expensive then Sparex 2 with none of the associated problems. 

    For anyone unsure about it I have just found an article possibly
    written by Orchid's RERourke called Pickling Gold and Silver and is
    a guide on that site who's name starts with e and ends with bay! 

Helen
____________________________________________________________________
T h e   O r c h i d   L i s t
Open Electronic Forum for Jewelry Manufacturing Methods and Procedures
____________________________________________________________________
Orchid FAQ:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/faq.htm
Orchid Archives:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive
Orchid Galleries:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/gallery.htm
Invite a Friend:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm
____________________________________________________________________
Tips From The Jeweler's Bench - Article Archive
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm
The Jeweler's Selected Bibliography List
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/jewelry-books
Buy Orchid Jewelry:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/shop
____________________________________________________________________
-Unsubscribe:
-Email: orchid-request AT ganoksin.com Body=unsubscribe subject=blank
____________________________________________________________________