[Jewelry making - Article 00520] - Re: [Orchid] Acidic environment in the studio

[John Burgess]

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G'day - at your service, Judy!

    Barely volatile acid solutions in small amounts like sodium
    bisulphate at temperatures no higher than 30C should not cause much
    trouble in a reasonably sized area. If you use a warmed pickle, keep
    a lid on it always. 

    When I was well into jewellery (not done any for three years) I used
    only 10% sulphuric acid. But my jewellery bench is in the same very
    small room I used as a laboratory too, containing a variety of
    chemicals including acids, ammonia, etc. At the beginning I was
    worried about rusting of valuable tools (the room also contains a
    sink with H&C water and a very sensitive analytical chemical balance. 


    I gave all steel tools a coat of Turtle Wax car polish. And have had
    no bother with rusting. I also have a large wood lathe in the garage
    with about 25 big steel lathe tools - many made from old car springs.
    The lathe and all tools were treated with the wax too. I had to give
    up driving but that garage often contained a very wet car. No rust on
    any tool or the lathe. Now, it still contains the woodworking gear,
    plus a mobile clothes line - so we don't have to traipse out in the
    garden - plus my electric disability scooter. You may have to use the
    wax more often than I, but I'm a bit lazy! 

    I am not really any sort of expert these days: am past the use-by
    date at 86. But still read Orchid every day. My eyes are on the
    table, my teef are in a cup, my ears are in a drawer, my hands go on
    a walker frame, but still I won't give up! 

Cheers for now,
JohnB of NZ
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