http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/1998-03/889541118.Ch.r.html

Maybe just get some sulfur and heat it up to.

R.


On 10/1/07, Thomas Kavanagh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Send 'em to me. I reguarly tarnish my stirling silver/turquoise watchband
> and coin silver bracelet and have to de-tarnish/polish then one a month or
> so, especially after wearing them at a sweat inducing event like a powwow.
> Oh, wait, that won't help your experiment.  ;=(
>
> tk
>
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> Date: 10/01/2007 05:38PM
> Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Need help tarnishing silver
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>
> We are conducting an experiment to determine whether or not the price of
> silver cloth is relative to its tarnish prevention abilities.  We have three
> pieces of newly polished non-museum silver.  One is wrapped in the expensive
> Pacific Silver, another is wrapped in the cheap Joann Fabric silver cloth,
> and the third is the control piece not wrapped in anything.  We want the
> pieces to tarnish and are trying to accelerate the process.
>
> The conservator we have consulted suggested putting the pieces in a box to
> control the air that has access to the objects.  We are using a cooler.  She
> told us that sulpher is a tarnishing agent and we have to introduce more
> sulpher into the air.  Her suggestions were egg yolks, moist matches, and
> rubber bands.  These have not tarnished the silver at all and we have been
> working on this for two months.  Does anyone have suggestions on how to
> quickly tarnish silver or another way to test this hypothesis?  Has anyone
> ever done anything similar to this?
>
>
>
> Melissa Thompson
>
> Collections Assistant
>
> Vesterheim Nowegian-American Museum
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> 523 W. Water Street
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> Decorah, IA 52101
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> 563-382-9681 x242
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> www.vesterheim.org
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