We just ask that you pay for shipping. Check out our Policies page and send a note to showroom colleenmauerdesigns. Sit tight We're about to get crafty. In our studio, we use Liver of Sulfur XL gel to oxidize our silver jewelry. What you'll need at home: 2 microwavable plastic or glass containers Liver of sulfur gel Warm water Baking soda Plastic gloves Tweezers Old toothbrush optional Dishsoap Sink. Note: Make sure to oxidize your jewelry in an area with lots of ventilation.
Read the instructions that come with the liver of sulfur. Take off any jewelry or metal you do not want oxidized. Refer to the SDS for further safety, handling and storage info. This will be used in between rounds of dipping to even out layers of oxidation.
Warm the water in the microwave for 1 min. Take water out of the microwave and add a pea size amount of liver of sulfur gel to the water. Mix well with tweezers or with a gloved finger. The solution should be a pale to medium yellow color. It should also smell like sulfur or rotten eggs.
Leave the jewelry in the solution for about a minute, or until there is a thin layer of oxidation on the piece. This removes any caked or excess liver of sulfur and creates a thin, even layer of oxidation on which to build more layers and eventually end up with a rich, deep blueish black.
Rinse with water, dry and your piece is ready to wear! Oxidation is flaking off Reason: the layers of oxidation are too thick. Does managing a well-established website like yours require a large amount of work? I am brand new to running a blog but I do write in my journal every day. Please let me know if you have any recommendations or tips for new aspiring blog owners.
Appreciate it! I understand this is sort of off-topic but I needed to ask. Does building a well-established website such as yours require a lot of work? I am completely new to writing a blog but I do write in my journal every day.
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Hopefully that helps. Darm, My blog design was custom made for me by Web Marketing Therapy. You absolutely come with fabulous articles and reviews. Thanks a lot for sharing with us your blog. Hi Shelly, When you want to introduce black or shadowy grey details on silver I find that the live of sulphur tarnishes it up big time and fairly quickly. Silver on the other hand is very reactive. Your Personal Jeweler, Calla.
Hi Raj, You are right that the treatments we use to darken up our designs do wear off and need to be re-applied. How Black Rhodium Wears Off. Black Rhodium Over Yellow Gold. Posted in Custom Design , Plating and tagged custom design , plating. About Calla Gold Calla Gold is a Personal Jeweler and Author who takes pride in working with clients one-on-one to integrate their personal sense of style and taste into custom designed jewelry and repaired jewelry pieces.
Notify of. Oldest Newest. Inline Feedbacks. Lynn K. Calla, You have so many interesting, creative approaches to making beautiful jewelry! Reply to klusjesman overijssel 9 years ago. I would like to add black or dark brown antiquing to the ring. Can anyone tell me how to do this. We added your inquiry to this ode rather than spawning a duplicative one, B. Hopefully it will be a start. This may be more for Susan than for you, but the dark tones should be planned for the recessed areas so they don't wear off.
Normally, the whole item is darkened and then the darkening is buffed off of the high areas, matching normal wear patterns. All information presented is for general reference and does not represent a professional opinion nor the policy of an author's employer.
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