Hi gang,
Looking back on those “precious moments” from the past holiday,
I was wondering if anyone could tell me exactly what I did wrong
that caused the following scenario. I was rebuilding a clasp on
a somewhat expensive diamond bracelet and I needed to clean it
off, so I put it in the bowl of water that I keep next to my
pickle pot for rinsing off pieces I’ve pickled. A few minutes
later I looked and the bracelet was beautifully copper plated. I
put the bracelet in the pickle and it returned to its original
condition. I had dropped a pair of tweezers into the pickle prior
to this and had not changed out the solution,(Sleep deprivation
around the holidays can make you do dumb things)and I had
probably rinsed the tweezers in the same water. I just don’t
understand why the plating occurred in the water. Is it because
I don’t neutralize my pieces between the pickle and the water? I
really don’t ever want this to happen again. My heart can’t
take it. Any answers?
Thanks in advance.
Sharon