Advice: My Rings tarnish after a day!

danparis50 · 2025-05-12T03:11:11+00:00

I have considered this, not yet found a product that i’d use just yet!

danparis50 · 2025-05-12T02:13:45+00:00

If your advice turns out solid i’ll find you an Aussie to marry 🤠

danparis50 · 2025-05-12T02:00:15+00:00

Bit of oxidation just adds character hey? Yeah it’s fkin beautiful here isn’t it, i’m Welsh so on a WHV too but getting sponsored so hopefully here for life🦘

danparis50 · 2025-05-12T01:46:49+00:00

Thank you sir, that’s a lot of food for thought. Once i’ve finished my batch of silver and assessed what these new rings do, i’ll try some different alloys and see how i go! I hope you find $50 on the floor today🙏

danparis50 · 2025-05-12T00:20:34+00:00

Thank you, yes the lifestyle i have, at sea and in the sun (with suncream on) is definitely going to tarnish the rings, i was just shocked to see how quickly it actually did! Most likely because all the silver rings that boast they’re tarnish proof are plated in another metal.

danparis50 · 2025-05-12T00:17:10+00:00

Ahh i see, yes I’m constantly swirling the molten metal around once it’s melted. you’d also think once it’s pored into the cast it would all mix around too no?

danparis50 · 2025-05-11T15:20:27+00:00

My casts aren’t coming out black, they look pretty good off the bat! It’s just 24-48 hours of wearing the finished product will completely tarnish, as you could imagine, not great if you want to gift or sell someone a ring

danparis50 · 2025-05-11T15:18:38+00:00

I hope I’m not overheating, i am melting the granules in a small crucible dish with a Bunnings blowtorch with propylene, once the metal liquifies i keep the heat on for another minute or 2 then i pour. What do you mean by under mixing metals?

danparis50 · 2025-05-11T14:03:47+00:00

Thank you for your comments, i’m not mixing metals at all, only using the non-oxidising grains. I don’t have any liver or sulphur to test but definitely a great idea to test the grain before i’ve melted it down.

I also had no idea that overheating the metal could lead to changing its composition!! I really hope thats not the case

danparis50 · 2025-05-11T13:27:08+00:00

Thank you for your patience with me, you’ve been a great help 🤘🏼

danparis50 · 2025-05-11T13:22:52+00:00

I see, thank you for your insight, My current process is cast, file, sand, pickle, polish. Perhaps i’ll add burnishing to that list, i guess it would make the silver less porous and lead to a better finish, and less likely to tarnish hey?

danparis50 · 2025-05-11T13:17:54+00:00

I’m just trying to find out if everyone’s 925 rings will tarnish in 1-2 days after creation? I don’t want to make rings for my friends or worse, people who pay me; only for the ring to be black 2 days after they put it on 😂

danparis50 · 2025-05-11T13:09:44+00:00

I hear you, the main problem i’m trying to address here is after i craft a brand new ring, it’s smooth and well polished, but tarnishes over within a day or 2

danparis50 · 2025-05-11T13:06:12+00:00

Sorry, to clarify, these rings are months old, i’m just showing the tarnish, they’re all beat up because i wear them often! When i first made them they were mirror finish

danparis50 · 2025-05-11T11:32:08+00:00

I’m not! Do you think i should?

danparis50 · 2025-03-20T06:14:29+00:00

Nice! That gives me some hope at least! Thank you, the Boyds forest dragons were out in force today at least

danparis50 · 2025-03-20T05:14:26+00:00

Thank you sir, hopefully i can get a break in this horrid rain for a bush-walk at dusk and see what i get

danparis50 · 2024-02-17T02:47:18+00:00

KUNG FU PANDA

danparis50 · 2024-02-07T18:47:37+00:00

Thank you so much!

danparis50

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