[Jewelry making - Article 01405] - [Orchid] Is it firescale or not?

[John Bowling]

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Orchidians,

    First of all, many thanks to those who helped me (and challenged me
    - thanks Leonid) with the Oval gypsy setting. I tried it and it
    worked... also for the enlightenment on annealing Sterling. Next
    question - if I may - concerns firescale. I have read several
    articles and know to be wary of it, pickle and flux. I have made
    several pieces in Sterling that have exhibited a kind of "stain",
    which only becomes apparent after buffing (last stage) with rouge.
    The marks look more like ingrained rouge than something subsurface.
    They do take a lot of repolishing (with a grit impreg rubber wheel)
    to remove. My question, naive though it may be, am I dealing with
    "firescale' or just buffing incorrectly ? I do know that it takes
    almost as long to remove the stain than it does to make the piece...
    
    as always, thanks for any help 

John Bowling
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