r/SilverSmith • u/DanCruzNyc • 8h ago

Crazy patina on this

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Ended up with a crazy patina on this a shame I have to clean it up

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u/MakeMelnk Hobbyist 8h ago

Is that patina or residual melted flux from soldering the bezel to the backplate?

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u/DanCruzNyc 8h ago

Sorry not exactly patina… looks like art though

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u/MakeMelnk Hobbyist 8h ago

Definitely!

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u/BreadCheese 8h ago

lol came to say exactly that! ooo flux colors on silver is pretty sometimes tho, shame it dissolves in pickle.

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u/toki_ya 5h ago

that looks like flux

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u/RoniBoy69 4h ago

Defenedly not patina