When your silver pieces come out of the pickle black, it’s time to change out your pickle! There could be several culprits as to why my chain turned black: steel contamination in the pickle pot (which can cause plating but usually it looks red) or my pickle was too strong (the water have evaporated quite a bit in the past week 😬) or it was too old and lost its effectiveness. I think this was a combo, my pickle was likely contaminated after lots of use, and it was super old. In any regard I applied flux, annealed and repickled in a brand new batch of pickle (it was about time) and all that black came right off. 👊🏻 has this ever happened to you? Let’s us know, this is a judgement-free zone 🙏🏻😘👩‍🏭 #Metalsmithsociety #solderingtips #jewelrypickle #jewelrytipoftheday #chainmaking