How to Use JSP Acid for Gold & Silver Testing
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Here is how to test your silver and gold with JSP acid. This allows for you to see the results and not just see a picture. Remember to be careful and responsible with your testing kit. These are easy to purchase from popular jewelry sites, Amazon, and eBay. Comment with any questions and I hope this helps you in your testing.
Colors For Silver
Fine Silver = Bright Red
Sterling Silver = Dark Red
800 Silver = Greenish Brown
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Wow! Excellent explanation of the floating gold particals from the plated item
Glad it was helpful! I try to think of thinking that confused me and now I know. I mean that is what I wanted to know lol.
Discovered you today as I was searching for clarification on silver testing. This entire video was so helpful! Thank you!!
Thank you! I hope it helped and please let me know if you have any questions, I am always thrilled to help.
This is by far the best video on this subject that I've found. Thanks so much for going into such detail.
Love your teaching videos. Please keep 'em coming. Great job!
Thank you so much! Hoping to post another soon!
The "imperial bee pendant" is a very beautiful reproduction of an archeological finding which was called "the Malia wasp pendant" (if you search with these terms you'll get a lot of image results), it's named after the location it was found, Malia in the island of Crete, Greece, and is dated to 1800-1600 BCE. The original is actually Minoan goldsmithing, not Mycenean as another commenter said and it is displayed at the Herakleion Archeological Museum in Crete.
Awesome video, by the way!
Wow!! Love this information! Thank you so much for sharing!!! I love learning and it this is a wonderful explanation! Thank you for the encouragement and comment!
The bee is a reproduction from ancient minoan jewlery.Minoan civilization oldest in europe,Crete,Greece
another great video. i have stick pin similar to yours to test. want to shout out ur channel next video I do if thats ok? You are such an inspiration.
Oh that would be wonderful! I am so happy that you are finding my channel helpful. I have been so busy lately so sorry for taking so long to comment. You are so nice for all of the wonderful comments and I hope these continue to be useful to you!
Very good helpful video, welcome back 😄. Hope you get lots more views and followers. You obviously have many interesting pieces. I am interested in vids where you talk us through various styles and ages and teach us about them. You have a calming voice, good knowledge, and the camera focuses well on the details, this is not true of all jewellery channels 😊
Thank you so much! I appreciate it. I will make my next video on brooches through the ages, and tell about their clasps and styles. Thank you again!
@@OlivesVintageMarket Great, I look forward to it. It may take a while for your channel to grow, but if you keep posting good quality evergreen content, I’m sure it will gradually build up. And you will be helping lots of people!
So if the gold scratch remains under 22kt, it will remain under other lower kt? Are there higher kt after 22kt? If so, how to tell? I’m assuming I will need to use other tools…
Yes, if your mark stays with 22kt it will/should stay under all other lower karat acids. Yes, you can get a 24k gold acid for testing, but it is near useless for people who are not dealing with gold on a large scale. Most all jewelry is made from 18k or lower. 22k is rare except in very high end or high end studio jewelry. I rarely even use my 22k acid. For testing with acid all you need is a stone and the acid. No other tools are required to figure it out.
Amazing video! I am currently acid testing a ring marked 18k. There’s no reaction with the 14k acid tested, it stays intact. However when I test the ring with the 18k acid there’s no change until about 30 seconds after the gold streaks turns into a silvery hue. Might the ring be plated ? Thanks !
Actually yes! Vermeil is very popular and that could be exactly what is happening. The gold is finally ate up by the 18k and then turns the sterling a silver (I always see a bluish hue, lol, like Cinderella's dress). It is one of the more definitive tests for sterling.
Is it the same kind of acid they use normally for testing? Or is this some kind of other acid?
Jsp brand is pretty standard so I’m not using anything special here. I just wanted to show how it is done
how do you know that the red response is not just from it being silver plated or from the item being silver filled? Sometimes my red mark is not that distinct which causes me to think it could just be because it's silver plated or filled.
I then make another swipe if that happens in the same spot. I also clean the place where I am scratching. Another thing is I have never, seriously never, had a silver plate piece that didn’t have a green or black streak with it. That does not happen with solid sterling unless there is something lingering on the stone or tarnish rubbed on the stone. So if you have a piece that is a faint I suggest scratching a little harder or dropping directly on the piece. However, dropping it on the piece can damage it if it’s plate.
@@OlivesVintageMarket thanks for the very helpful response!
What if the silver test turns bright orange?
Hmmm... it is so hard to tell with just a description because my red might be bright orange to your eye, but in general orange is a lesser content of silver so less than 90%, but I usually see that as yellowish. Also always make sure the spot you are testing is clean because so many different factors can come into play with the acid. If you would ever like to send me a picture of that my email is kaciepaige03@hotmail.com
How do you feel about testing Sterling Silver with 18K Gold Acid?
You just scratch the sterling like usual, and then take the 18k acid on top of the sample. If it turns blue white (think mermaid scales) then you have sterling!