When you solder silver and other metals, they get darkened and crusty. To clean them up, you dunk them in an acidic solution commonly called pickle.
My soldering station is not well set up and I've been putting my pickle in a little glass cup. But it evaporates quickly and I have to make fresh solution frequently.
I decided that the next time I have a good-sized jar that's empty, I'd recycle it and use it to store my pickle.
Guess which jar was next?
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ah, delicious irony!
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Happy crafting!
Good Choice!
ReplyDeleteHa, how appropriate:)
ReplyDeleteIrony is the spice of life!
ReplyDeletePerfect!
ReplyDeleteThat's a Vlasic ! Oh- I meant classic !
ReplyDeleteso its real pickle juice?
ReplyDeletelol! It DOES look like pickle juice!
ReplyDeleteNo, it's a dry acid that I dilute in water. I don't know what kind it is, but I bought it specifically for soldering.
Delicious irony. I love that you thought to get a pic and post it.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't until I had been using it for a week that it struck me funny. (There it was, right in front of my nose, AND I DIDN'T NOTICE IT.)
ReplyDeleteIt was another week before I even thought of taking a picture and posting it.
Gotta remember to seize the moment when you're a blogger. ;-)
Yay pickle pickle! I wonder what happens to an actual pickle nee cucumber when you put it in metalsmithing pickle. Probably the world collapses in on itself.
ReplyDeleteUh oh. I think someone's been nipping at the pickle juice.
ReplyDeletelol
lol I love pickles, I would have to watch I didn't get the 2 jars mixed up :p hmmm now I want to go get some pickles....
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