[Jewelry making - Article 00022] - Re: [Orchid] Plating Silver with Paladium, Rhodium

[Noel Yovovich]

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>     the polishing wheel touches your titanium background and leaves a
>     nice white scar 

    I wish I could say I didn't know how this is, but... I work with
    silver and titanium, too. I. too, have had to redo a piece because I
    messed up the titanium part trying to clean the silver. 

    I have not yet tried ionic cleaning on a piece with titanium in it,
    but it ought to work. It is only 10v or so, plus I have found that
    when there is silver with titanium, the voltage "prefers" the
    (lower-resistance?) silver and the titanium won't color even if I
    want it to. Plus, the polarity is reversed. 

    Anyway, great experiment with the different silvers. Even if the
    platinum-alloyed sterling darkens eventually, it might be a huge
    improvement. How did you like working with it? 

Noel
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