[Jewelry making - Article 00095] - Re: [Orchid] silver soldering and acids

[ELuther]

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    Neutralize it with baking soda...adding a little at a time until
    it is absorbed.  If you add too much, it will bubble over.  Once
    you've added as much baking soda as you can...you have two
    choices.  You can bag it and throw it away or pour it down the
    sink, with the water on (hot, I think) and pouring more soda down
    as you go.  Run the water for a bit.  This may anger some people,
    but throwing it into the solid waste stream is probably better
    and less costly overall.  

    If it's poured down the sink, the water treatment plant has to
    filter that out.  Another option is to nuetralize it with the
    soda and then let it evaporate before throwing out. 
    Unfortunately, who has a safe place to leave pickle out as it
    evaporates? 

My 2 cents.
Elaine, Illinois, USA

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