[Jewelry making - Article 00428] - Re: [Orchid] Diamond discoloration

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    To prevent diamond discoloration, which is really just grease or dirt
    being burnt on the stone always ultrasonic the stone in the ring
    first. Usually there is all sorts of crap up behind the stone from
    soap to many years of dust. Now, if you need to then get the
    discoloration off,(and its set in a ring) pickling and ultrasonic
    won't help because its burnt on, its easy to get off on the table of
    the diamond because you can just buff it off but you need to get in
    and scrape it with a steel tool, whatever fits on the back. Not an
    enjoyable process. Hope this helps. PS always make sure the piece to be
    worked on is immaculately clean before putting under the flame Ed
    Dawson Maine Master Models making models for the trade

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