Saturday, August 20, 2011

Polishing Jewelry Earwires

I thought you'd like to see a bit of the process of making jewelry - the little spheres, ovals and pins in my hand are stainless steel shot.

The "shot" is used to polish metal. Add the shot and a few drops detergent to a tumbler along with the metal to be polished. Here I'm polishing some sterling silver earwires I made!

Loretta

7 comments:

  1. Interesting, I though you polished by hand but this sounds like it might be easier.

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  2. Debra- You can polish by hand, too - but this is much safer and much more eco-friendly. You don't have to deal with the silica dusts that can be put in the air with sticks of polishing compound...

    Loretta

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  3. Interesting - I never would have guessed that's how it's done.

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  4. Oh this is so interesting! Thanks for sharing this because I had no idea that is how you polished them.

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  5. That is so interesting! I guess you can only do that with "parts" and not finished pieces?

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  6. i like to make my own jewelries. im quite good with crafts.

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  7. Fascinating, yes I had not idea about how they were treated either!

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