[Jewelry making - Article 00099] - Re: [Orchid] silver soldering and acids

[Peter W. Rowe]

========[ Invite a Friend - http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm  ]========


>            [snip]  that's why I always use a stoppered container,
>     usually one with a plastic lid and a glass body.Only a minor
>     amount of fumes seems to escape.  I haven't noticed any
>     appreciable rust forming for the 15-odd seconds that the jar is
>     open to retrieve the "soaking" item. 

    So you're taking the drill bits out by just soaking them cold in
    muriatic?  When I've tried that, it seemed to take forever...  I
    was talking about using it hot, just below boiling.  Plastic lids
    don't seem to stop the fumes then....  THEN it's fast, Buuttt... 
    So I use Alum, and I use it at a rapid boil.  Besides, our shop
    is across the street from a drug store, where I can pick up a
    little spice jar of alum if I happen to be out.  They don't have
    muriatic/HCL.  And, er. Well, I don't seem to have your stopperd
    containers so handy as one or another of those old beakers
    sitting by the sink which don't seem to have lids. Remember that
    normally when those drills break, I'm in a hurry, and just want
    to stick the ring in a beaker, put it on the hot plate, and be
    able to come back in a half hour and get on with the job... 

Peter

____________________________________________________________________
T h e   O r c h i d   L i s t
Open Electronic Forum for Jewelry Manufacturing Methods and Procedures
____________________________________________________________________
Orchid FAQ:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/faq.htm
Orchid Archives:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive
Orchid Galleries:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/gallery.htm
Invite a Friend:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm
____________________________________________________________________
Tips From The Jeweler's Bench - Article Archive
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm
The Jeweler's Selected Bibliography List
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/jewelry-books
Buy Orchid Jewelry:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/shop
____________________________________________________________________
-Unsubscribe:
-Email: orchid-request AT ganoksin.com Body=unsubscribe subject=blank
____________________________________________________________________