Liver of sulphur after dipping

[Sheen]

Just about to start using my gel liver of sulphur to oxidise loads of copper earrings and rings I've made. I've been reading a lot about it and am interested to know if using a neutralising bath of baking soda after liver of sulphur is necessary. Some people just seen to rinse their stuff under the tap without this step. What do you think?

[Dennis]

Residues of pickling salts, or patinating agents might affect the wearer, so it is an additional safety measure. Once you get sensitive to something you come out in blisters, particularly around a piercing and it is with you for life.

A large pinch of soda crystals from the supermarket is much cheaper than baking soda, but also needs a final rinse. Dennis.

[Sheen]

Thanks dennis, i didn't want to be doing it, unless it was really necessary. Will make the effort. ps the book you recommended arrived this moving, a brief look through and i've already learnt things i wanted to know.

[Dennis]

Thank you for your feed back Sheena. I do worry sometimes that I am misreading the person, but I thought it would be right for you. Dennis.

[CJ57]

I don't neutralise my oxidisation but I use copious amounts of neat washing up liquid and I usually clean off all the residual stuff with a duster before in the final stages using Renaissance wax to enhance the colour. I use platinol as I can't tolerate FOS even if I use it outside. I recently bought in to a purchase of German black which is apparently the liquid of choice at ECA but being a creature of habit I haven't tried it yet as I can't read German!

[Sheen]

Hi caroline that's useful to know. Funnily enough i bought some renaissance wax which i do use but do find the fumes a bit hard to stand. In regards to los i might be okay as it's a natural smell, it's air fresheners, perfumes, petrols, white spirits, etc that make me feel particularly yuck. I was wondering if platinol is easier to use than los, and what the health risks are?