It definately changed the colour particularly where the wire had been hammered, although I think it's supposed to 'blacken' a lot more than it did - so I will research further. Quite happy with the end result which has been polished to give a more contrasted look.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Love Those Eggs!...
Finished this wire-wrapped pendant this afternoon and thought how much I would like it with a darker silver look. *Light Bulb* moment - I remembered reading about a method of using eggs to oxidise silver. I couldn't remember where I'd read it so had to 'wing it' a bit... boil an egg, cut it up, put in with piece of jewellery in airtight container and let the chemical magic do it's thing.
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Oh it is so cool, what an unusual method, eggs!! cheers Marie
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ReplyDeleteI heard about the egg thing too but haven't tried it. I bought some liver of sulphur and have yet to use it.
Hi Mel - just love the pendant before and after, also really cool to see the effect of the egg on the silver. I guess it's the sulphur? Great idea for an antique or tarnished finish to the silver! Beautiful =)
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for choosing my "In My Garden" wellie as one of your Wednesday Felt favourites - a lovely surprise.
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