Postby silverport » Sun Feb 07, 2010 12:21 pm
Hello lantov
It wasn’t your best invest of have buy a flask of acid — look out where you could fit your flask in your show case, with a sign on it »ACID DESTROY«; and start your »Acid free« live time, just now!
Plated silver goods most times are plated with silver of .999 pure fineness — if you control a plated surface, so you ever would have a better result as from articles of a solid silver alloy. If you make the proof on places of enlarged silver plated thicknesses — e.g. on wear and tear area of cutlery —, you would get also a better result. But why you like to be further more, one of these thousands of sadist’ on Antiquities?
Very often in published offer of be “Solid silver” Antiquities is stated »Jewellers proof« or »Acid proofed«. But in an additional photo they show marks, which very often are »Plated« marks, e.g. »EP« or »EPNS«.
One of these sellers wrote to me: »Yes, information is priceless in 925-1000. But my time is my money which I loss, if I spend time to read there these topics of interest«.
Our brain and our eyes are every time with us — let’s fill up them with knowledge on silver.
dragonflywink suggest one of the very reliable and non destructive methods.
»925-1000« seem to me, never loss their importance!
Maybe in contrary to these ever lasting acid attacks, we need a collection or thread of topics on non destructive proof methods?
Kind regards silverport
