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Old 2013-08-19, 2:46am
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Fine silver turns golden when in the first throws of oxidation. The nature of your flame, where you put it in the flame and how will affect the results, not only the nature of the clear. I use almost exclusively Effetre and depending on the conditions I work in, it can stay silver or turn yellow.

When jewelers heat silver to solder or anneal it, they use flames that for us are reducing, with much more propane compared to the oxy so I think our flames are oxidizing and the silver needs to be kept out of them as much as possible if you don't want it to oxidize.
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