[Amps] Silver

[David Cutter]

A jewellery shop may offer a silver cleaning service.  They will probably 
use an ultrasonic cleaning bath to speed up the operation which will dig 
deep into crevices.

David
G3UNA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry" <larry at w7iuv.com>
Cc: <Amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 11:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Silver


> Thanks to all those who responded with suggestions.
>
> Photo Shop is probably the best answer, but since I have no artistic
> ability at all, is not an option.
>
> Two bottles of Tarn-x were purchased (expensive!) and that wasn't even
> enough to "dip" my parts and cover them.
>
> Tried the water/salt/aluminum foil suggestion and it did not work at
> all. Not even a trace of cleaning action. Maybe it was because I ran out
> of salt before I got to a saturated solution. Will try this again after
> another trip to the grocery store.
>
> The Tarn-x does clean the silver plated coil but it takes considerable
> rubbing. No way I'm gonna sit here for hours and swab the insides of
> that edge wound inductor! I dipped it and it is a bit cleaner than it
> was but not "bright" by any means.
>
> I'll amend this post if I make any additional progress.
>
> 73, Larry
>
>
> Larry - W7IUV
> DN07dg
> http://w7iuv.com
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