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    Silver chain size

    Please can you help! Which size of silver chain would you advise for an 8 grm pendant? I am using 18/18 Will this be strong enough? Thank you.
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    Breakages in knotted pearl bracelets

    Can anyone help? I recently have had a couple of bracelets returned to me. The thread has broken at the connection with the catch at the the gimp wire. I use Griffin Powercord - a high tec fibre...
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    Thinking of putting a tag on my pieces, 'Not to...

    Thinking of putting a tag on my pieces, 'Not to be worn in the red sea'! Thanks, Dennis. Cooksons tech dept gave me a most helpful response:
    Discolouration is a common problem witth silver. The...
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    Thanks so much, Dennis. Yes, it comes off in dip....

    Thanks so much, Dennis. Yes, it comes off in dip. I knew about eggs/onions but not anti dandruff shampoo. I wonder if that is it. Gasses from a boiler etc may also explain it.
    What are other...
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    tarnish

    A customer has returned one of my silver pieces. It is terribly tarnished. Brown in colour. I know perfumes, cosmetics and poor storage can cause tarnish, but surely not as bad as this! Can anyone...
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    copper plating in pickle

    I seem to have committed the sin of allowing steel into my pickle and one of 4 silver bracelets is now copper plated. (Why only one I have no idea!).
    Does anyone know how to remove the copper...
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