[Jewelry making - Article 01074] - Re: [Orchid] Platinum coated diamonds

[gustavo hoefs]

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    Doc -, i suppose you missed my comments about PM wests' palladium
    white gold solder on platinum jewelry if you had used PM west's PD
    white solder you wouldnt have this problem . 

    if you must experiment i would try the HF acid by doing it outside
    and position myself upwind when the nieghbors are not at home,
    although if the fumes draft through an open window of thier house it
    might melt the fur off thier cat the thought of which doesnt really
    bother me as a furrless cat doesnt tend to successfully murder wild
    song birds for fun anyhow. 

    my experience is the surface of the diamonds can only be restored by
    polishing if the diamonds are less than .50 cts you are better off
    taking your lumps and crack or break them out of the setting so as to
    save what is left off worn out prongs and then replace the diamonds
    you can save the bits for the folks who use them for sand paper. by
    the time you use a bunch of time spend money and have untold worries
    you could have been better off just getting back to work. i know !
    ive'got my well worn t shirt ! 

goo
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