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<blockquote data-quote="jbtsax" data-source="post: 454246" data-attributes="member: 1801">Sometimes projects don&#039;t go quite as planned.&nbsp; The photos below tell the story.&nbsp; A up close inspection of the finish following the tarnish dip and wash revealed &quot;blotches&quot; in the finish I had never seen before having restored many silver vintage saxophones as shown in the first photo.&nbsp; The second photo was taken after attempting to polish out the &quot;blotches&quot; using several different silver polishing products I have used in the past.[ATTACH=full]16597[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]16599[/ATTACH]At this point I decided to try to brush plate the body with my brush plating set-up.&nbsp; The result is shown below.&nbsp; As you can see, the plating took on a blue/black or yellowish hue.&nbsp; I did everything by the book:&nbsp; electro cleaning, surface prep, distilled water rinses, new silver brush plating solution, and using below the recommended voltage.[ATTACH=full]16600[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jbtsax, post: 454246, member: 1801"] Sometimes projects don't go quite as planned. The photos below tell the story. A up close inspection of the finish following the tarnish dip and wash revealed "blotches" in the finish I had never seen before having restored many silver vintage saxophones as shown in the first photo. The second photo was taken after attempting to polish out the "blotches" using several different silver polishing products I have used in the past. [ATTACH type="full" width="237px" alt="DSC00791.JPG"]16597[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="537px" alt="DSC00813.JPG"]16599[/ATTACH] At this point I decided to try to brush plate the body with my brush plating set-up. The result is shown below. As you can see, the plating took on a blue/black or yellowish hue. I did everything by the book: electro cleaning, surface prep, distilled water rinses, new silver brush plating solution, and using below the recommended voltage. [ATTACH type="full" width="784px" alt="IMG_0101.JPG"]16600[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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