[Jewelry making - Article 00670] - [Orchid] Super pickle...

[Sam Kaffine]

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    First, THANK YOU ALL for participating in this excellent forum - I
    have learned so much, and I love to feel the connection with other
    craftspersons and artists. Although I've been reading a while, this
    is my first post (hope it goes where it's supposed to.) 

    My teacher told me to make some "super pickle" to clean up some
    intense oxidation - she said to use 1 T of Sparex to one cup hydrogen
    peroxide. This resulted in a thick white layer on the sheet of
    silver. When I showed it to her, she laughed and said, "no, 1 T of
    PICKLE (already mixed) and 1 c. hydrogen peroxide." So now I have
    this super, super pickle - can I use it for anything, and HOW do I
    get rid of it? It is a blue color - soaking silver and copper in it
    results in lots of small magnetized filings - I think it's the
    silver breaking down. It also stripped the enamel off my kitchen
    sink. Any ideas ? - (and yes, I CAN hear you laughing!) :) 

Thanks -
Sam Kaffine
Sterling Bliss
www.sterlingbliss.com
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