Pickle

[amazingbabe]

Cheers George !! so basically untill the piece turns white??? Its a handmade bezel for a ring ?? New to this malarky !!!!

[Rob Taylor]

Arrrrrghhh PLEASE don't throw pickle down the drain..even with lots of water!!!

A used pickling solution, contains copper, which is a heavy metal.
So used pickle is a contaminated solution, which is hazardous, and must be disposed of properly.
I even know one person who threw it down an outside drain - goodness knows what pollution they caused
Even if you neutralise pickle with bircarb (which will at least deal with the Acid) it will STILL
contain the heavy metals. Therefore, even neutralized pickle is considered a hazardous material.

If you phone up the local council they'll tell you where you can dispose of things safely...
I evaporate mine and then dispose of the crystals

Nic x

Nic, you are right, pickle shouldn't be diluted and poured down the drain. The website is being updated. It should be neutralised with an alkaline (eg soda ash) and evaporated. The liquid can then be siphoned off and the remains put in with normal rubbish. The Pickling powder does not contain copper.

[Dano]

what exactly IS safety pickle anyway? i mean i know what it is i just don't know what its mum calls it when its in trouble, the somethingium whatnotrate name.

[Ominicci]

Ok now I am confused again.

"Evaporate" - how? The only thing that comes to mind is boiling it dry?

"It should be neutralised with an alkaline (eg soda ash) and evaporated. The liquid can then be siphoned off and the remains put in with normal rubbish." - if you've evaporated it (the way I've said above?) then you don't have any liquid. Where exactly does the copper go if the remains can go in with the normal rubbish. Where do you dispose of the crystals Nic?

[MuranoSilver]

I give them to the council man labelled as Acid

[MuranoSilver]

Poor worms, birds and other denziens of the food chain
"Arrrgh it burns it burns...."