No this post has nothing to do with food. Pickle is what we call the acidic solution we put jewellery pieces into after we've been working on them with heat. Silver and gold develop firescale during soldering and need to be pickled before we can continue working. The generally accepted way to do this is to use a solution of ten percent sulphuric acid. Nasty stuff sulphuric acid though. So you can also use this super easy recipe for safety pickle. It works as well as sulphuric acid although a bit slower and does need to be heated. I keep mine in a plastic container and nuke it in the microwave for a minute. Make sure you dispose of it as safely as you would any other pickle solution though as it will contain harmful heavy metal deposits.
white spirit vinegar
salt
Yes that really is it, I don't even measure it. Just put some white vinegar in a container and add some salt, nuke for a minute and good to go.
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