TUTORIAL:
Oxidizing silver with a boiled egg
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Uploaded on: Aug 12, 2008 Level: Beginner |
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Description: Display image:  Learn how to oxidize silver by using a hard-boiled egg. A chemical-free way to oxidize your jewelry without needing to worry about damaging your beads. Price: $0.00
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This worked very well.
Thanks, Cristina. Good point - I don't like using chemicals either so I will have to try this. Funny that liver of sulfur smells likes eggs!
Jodi
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I'm glad you found this helpful! This actually works because there's sulfur in the vapors that come off the egg yolk! So maybe sulfur is what gives the egg that distinctive smell
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What a fabulous tutorial & idea.
I'm so pleased that I found it & can't wait to try it.
Thank You.
Deb
That was wonderful....I heard from someone else there was another way...your directions are clear and to the point. Thanks
This is great to know. Thank You Dawn
I absolutely HATE using LOS....the smell! Gag! And even storing it (one time I quickly stuck it in a ziploc and put it inside another bag, not realizing that the silver bracelet I wear was inside the bag because I had taken it off)....and it was so black when I finally found out, just because it was in the bag. Ugh! Using an egg is so much more homeopathic and non-toxic. Thanks for willingly sharing this info for free! What a wonderful thing to know. Leslie
Dad gum it I just bought liver of sulphur recently! This is a great tutorial; the less chemicals used the better for me. Thanks so much for sharing it with us!
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Cool idea. I'm definitely willing to give this a try. Thanks!
I have always used the LOS but last night I had just a bit of chain to patina so I tried this method. It worked very well. I will continue to use it for small projects when I want a a blackened patina and use the LOS when I want to get more colours in the patina, like pinks, purples etc. .
Karen
Thanks you tutorial, its very clear. I went to the beads store today. Because this was to do with a boiled egg I did'nt get it.
Jackie