[Jewelry making - Article 00179] - Re: [Orchid] New Brownpolymer update

[Gary Bourbonais]

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Hi Randy.....

    I haven't used the organic BPM all of that much...... 

    A couple of my tools are coated with it........seems to be working
    good.... 

    We've had very hot, humid weather of late here in WI.... 

    Although it works as a polish, it doesn't seem as good as the
    regular BPM, in terms of cloth hand buffed finish.....? 

    I confess to not rigourously pursuing its use in comparison to the
    standard stuff.... 

    The fan with the bearing I hit with the std BPM is about due for
    another application... It's been working hard of late......and it's 
an
    *old* fan... 

    I'll try the organic........ 

    BTW......if it didn't have the label, would be kinda hard to tell
    the diff between the two.... 

    I set up a test for the reg BPM.....(I think I posted about this a
    while back?).... 

    Took a couple of India source sterling rings, cleaned and rinsed
    with soap and water.... And then polished with a Sunshine cloth...... 


    Coated the shanks only, with the reg BPM, let it set for a coupla
    hours, and then buffed the shanks off with a clean (old white jocky
    shorts) cloth..... 

    SE WI is murder on sterling.....especially in hot weather..... 

    To date, whilst the bezel and other uncoated parts of the rings have
    turned Wisconsin sterling tarnished (kinda a brownish
    tarnish)....the shanks show only a tad of slight cloudiness....which
    disappears with a swipe of the jockey shorts... 

    As a cleaner/polish on ancient coins....it's kinda inconclusive..... 

    I've coated several Alexander the Great silver drachms with it, and
    compared to an uncoated one, not much of a discernable
    difference.... Back then they used better silver for coinage, which
    stands up pretty well over time...so maybe that's why..... Heck, the
    silver ones survive way better than the bronzes.... 

    My Star Model F 22 still likes it...... 

    I'm waiting for a reason to tap something...... 

    Works good for shooting holes with drills and filing stuff...... 

    Again...most of this is about the regular BPM...... 

    Got a week of vacation coming up..... 

    I find a piece of steel, brighten it up, and set up a comparison
    test..... 

    Also try some in some really corroded, but functional padlocks.... 

    And......I'll put the hand cleaner out to try the next time I get
    really grunged up fooling around as I do.... 

    Regards..... 

    Gary W. Bourbonais
    A.J.P. (GIA)

    P.S. Mentioned it a number of times to me customers.... The
    industrial market is flooded with "miracle" chemicals..... 

    Didn't get a flyer take....even for freebies.....
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