[Jewelry making - Article 00708] - Re: [Orchid] Revive liver of sulfur?

[Brian]

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>     ... purchased from the plant nursery. The lime sulphur is very
>     stable - I store mine at room temp. and its several years old. Mix
>     a teaspoon or so with a pint of water and store the solution in a
>     sealed container. 

    I would warn against diluting it before you store it. Do that just
    before you use it, as it would then be at its most stable. If the
    plant store lime sulphuris in liquid form, add less than a 1/2 tsp
    to a cup of tap-hot water (not much hotter than that), and repeatedly
    dip and hot rinse the well-cleaned piece, dip and hot rinse to build
    up thin layers. Stop at the desired colouring which could be any
    number of the available rather colourful effects. 

    I discard after each use. 

    Of course it could be that you have a different product there so
    that you can successfully store the diluted solution. But I find ours
    loses potency after mixing, and so does the original product (after
    several months)! Might be something about our un-clean un-green air
    over here! 

Brian
Auckland NEW ZEALAND
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