[Jewelry making - Article 00027] - Re: [Orchid] Yellow gold turned red after soldering

[Helen Hill]

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    I had exactly the same problem with a 9K yellow gold chain that I was
    asked to repair. One of the links had broken so I bought some 9K gold
    solder and repaired the link. It turned red. My pickle was also
    unsuccessful at removing the red colour. In attempting to polish the
    chain, more links broke so I resoldered them. All the large links
    (figaro chain) seemed weak so I went round the whole chain and
    resoldered them - so of course I now had what looked like a red gold
    chain rather than a yellow gold chain. I ended up polishing the chain
    by hand so as not to break it again. It was very laborious and took
    hours, but eventually the red colour calmed down and the chain was
    acceptable - it was still slightly rose gold in appearance. 

    Someone said that you must have got some steel in your pickle. Well
    that certainly was not the case with my gold chain problem. No steel
    had EVER got anywhere near my pickle - I made sure of that. Beth's
    answer of it being firestain and the cure being to depletion guild it
    seems the most plausible answer. 

Helen
UK
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