Comments on: I created ash with the ash pan for the Fowler today! http://mikes-models.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/i-created-ash-with-the-ash-pan-for-the-fowler-today/ A website for the novice and expert model engineer. Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:18:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Freeman http://mikes-models.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/i-created-ash-with-the-ash-pan-for-the-fowler-today/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Mike Freeman Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:07:16 +0000 http://mikes-models.com/blog/?p=378#comment-51 Hello Andy, have a look at this link on my website http://www.mikes-models.com/silversoldering.html The effects you are seeing are correct. The pickling bath I use is based on citric acid. Chronos (UK) have a couple of products that might be of interest to you,. Here is a link http://www.mikes-models.com/silversoldering.html they have a pickle but also a surface conditioner that cleans and preserves, although I have never used that product. If you put the part in a pickle solution for 30 minutes then wash in clean water, it should clean up to bright metal with a wire brush. I will post a picture of the ash pan tomorrow just before painting for you to see. In answer to your specific questions, yes the pink is due to the flux and shows how effective the flux was. The pickle will sort it out and should be done to prevent the corrosive nature of the flux from taking effect. My pickle solution is based on citric acid and is a commercial product. Hope this helps. Why not send me some photo's and I will post them here. Kindest regards, Mike. Hello Andy, have a look at this link on my website http://www.mikes-models.com/silversoldering.html The effects you are seeing are correct. The pickling bath I use is based on citric acid.

Chronos (UK) have a couple of products that might be of interest to you,. Here is a link http://www.mikes-models.com/silversoldering.html they have a pickle but also a surface conditioner that cleans and preserves, although I have never used that product.

If you put the part in a pickle solution for 30 minutes then wash in clean water, it should clean up to bright metal with a wire brush. I will post a picture of the ash pan tomorrow just before painting for you to see.

In answer to your specific questions, yes the pink is due to the flux and shows how effective the flux was. The pickle will sort it out and should be done to prevent the corrosive nature of the flux from taking effect. My pickle solution is based on citric acid and is a commercial product.

Hope this helps. Why not send me some photo’s and I will post them here.

Kindest regards, Mike.

]]> By: Andy from Workshopshed http://mikes-models.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/i-created-ash-with-the-ash-pan-for-the-fowler-today/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Andy from Workshopshed Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:33:52 +0000 http://mikes-models.com/blog/?p=378#comment-50 Just done my first lot of brazing this weekend and some of the brass is coloured pink like your copper above. Is that the flux? Will the pickle sort that out? What is the pickle made of? Just done my first lot of brazing this weekend and some of the brass is coloured pink like your copper above. Is that the flux? Will the pickle sort that out? What is the pickle made of?

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