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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 3667344, member: 51"]Nice photo, Stracci.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've found gold and silver scratch stone testing a bit hard to get the hang of as well, esp. as I don't do it too often. So it feels like I always have to relearn how it works. But one trick I do when testing 14K, is to bring another positively 14K item (I happen to have a broken ring I use for this) and use that as a test case. So I test that at the same time making a separate mark, and this helps me to visually compare results. I suppose this also reassures me that my acid is still good.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 3667344, member: 51"]Nice photo, Stracci. I've found gold and silver scratch stone testing a bit hard to get the hang of as well, esp. as I don't do it too often. So it feels like I always have to relearn how it works. But one trick I do when testing 14K, is to bring another positively 14K item (I happen to have a broken ring I use for this) and use that as a test case. So I test that at the same time making a separate mark, and this helps me to visually compare results. I suppose this also reassures me that my acid is still good.[/QUOTE]
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