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How to do dark black finish on gold jewelry

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Hello, although I assumed that the problem I have is one that has been solved a long time ago, it has been a great struggle for me to find the solution. I need to place a black finish on selected areas of gold jewelry. The problem is that this finish has to be a deep black and as thin as possible. I have tried car paint (Endura) and black nickel plating, but as the areas are small (20 x 20mm ) it proved to be very difficult to apply paint evenly, and I found the nickel not dark enough in colour. I am not in the finishing industry and have found it very frustrating to find people that have experience with this type of problem. Thanks,

Robert van Mil
- Toronto Ont. Canada

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Hi,

Use Duco black paint and Duco thinner. Mix it properly then soak pieces that gold plating is on. Just keep one minute. Remove by the help of cloth; this is called black antique in gold.

Sreenivas.V
- Hyderabad, A.P., India

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