[Jewelry making - Article 00174] - Re: [Orchid] Florida Brown Silver Tarnish

[celticswan]

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    we made and showed our metalwork outside in the florida keys. yes,
    the tarnish was intense! once we rowed our tools and a honda
    generator and tent out to an outer island in the florida keys, and
    camped and smithed for 6 months- the real name of the little island
    is "little knock 'em down key" (that is the real name/see google
    earth.) 

    we have also showed seaside in new england and our studio is on an
    island next to the salt water in washington state. we did our work
    on a small sailboat here for many years. we have never had the
    tarnish as bad as we had in the keys. we speculated it was the
    airborne calcium carbonate from the ancient coral reef of which the
    florida keys are made. we have also noticed the salt in south
    florida sea water is much more concentrated than either new england
    or here around the puget sound. 

    adventure metalsmithng...lol 

john and molly
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