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Oxidizing laser engraved jewelry

I'm trying to blacken laser engraved sterling silver jewelry. Not too sure how to go about doing this, any ideas?

Isaac Massawe
Forever Jewelry - Hackensack, New Jersey
2006

2006

Do you want to blacken the entire piece, OR only the laser engraved part OR all but the engraved part.
Step two for more help is to search this site with blacken, silver and then patina as a second choice. It has been generally discussed several times.
After the search, if you still have specific questions, come on back and we will try to help.

James Watts
- Navarre, Florida

You can use 1-5 % liver of sulfur [on eBay or Amazon] /water solution(potassium polysulfide). Good luck!

Goran Budija
- Cerovski vrh Croatia
2006

I just need to blacken the laser engraved letters not the entire area.

Isaac Massawe
- Maywood, New Jersey
2006

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