The second picture is the first piece of sterling silver jewelry that I oxidized myself using the hard-boiled egg method ~ which is SO neat! Since I have tiny tots in the house, I didn't want to use liver of sulfur to oxidize, which I understand to be quite odorous. Instead, I followed these steps and in an hour I had a beautifully organic charcoal sheen. Amazing. I quickly rediscovered however that some of my s.silver findings were tarnish resistant. I was a little disappointed when peering into the oxidization chamber (aka ziplock bag!) and realized that some parts of the necklace where still shiny. After I took the necklace out and washed it off, I changed my mind. I like the mixed metals look of it all. Very interesting.
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