By solvent can I use propyl alcohol or clutch/ brake cleaner? Sent from my iPhone
On 1 Mar 2012, at 20:55, "Dan Nave" <[email protected]> wrote: > I would degrease with a solvent if possible, rub with paper towels. Rinse > with water. Clean with rubbing alcohol and a clean white paper towel. Rinse > with distilled water. Clean with H2O2 and paper towel. Rinse with distilled > water several times. Don't touch it with your fingers during this process. > Also, be extra diligent with cleaning the edges. > > If that does not work see if you can locate an ultrasonic cleaner and work > that into the cleaning process. > > Dan > > > > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:47 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> > wrote: > Ah. Well then if you are getting those results there must be, as Marshall > said, an oil based residue. Heat or a good oil degreaser should do the > trick. Heat will burn it off, the degreaser will wash it off. > > I've manipulated silver via many means and never ever put a lubricant on, but > then I'm more into 'hand work'. Your jeweler may have done it the fastest > way, which was probably by a machine that by oiling, made the process easier > for him. > > But none of the lubricant should have embedded itself into the silver, so > once cleaned you should be good to go. Please let us know how it turns out. > > Samala, > Renee > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > > The reason for suspecting lubricant is that I dont expect anything other than > silver to be present. Since we know lubrication was involved that's the > reasoning. > As for the brewing, I get almost wax type stuff coming off the wire and makes > the water opaque and dirty > I am aware of the ion cloud but this is not that , after swapping the > electrodes for the commercially bought silver electrode everything was as > expected > This really irked me since I was very new to brewing cs and assumed it was > something I was doing wrong! > >
