Does cola work on frit?

[chrisdd]

I have some Reichenbach frit that always ends up with a metallic sheen, like the Effetre turquoises. Can I soak it in cola to get rid of it?

[chrisdd]

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[playswithfire104]

It's worth a try. I use something called Whink, it works great! Beads I thought were ruined came out beautiful! CLR didn't work but Whink did.

[castaway]

The active ingredient in your cola is Phosphoric acid, the levels in cola are quite high. instead of playing with that nasty brown stuff you could use a little dilute spirits of salts ( hydrochloric acid ) probably much less harmfull.
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[Lisi]

I keep a solution of 2 parts toilet bowl cleaner (Snobol is the one I know for sure will work) and 1 part water in a glass pickle jar for this. Works beautiful. I string the beads up on fishing line and dip them in there for 10-20 minutes. Doesn't hurt the beads surface at all, but gets rid of all the dull metallic reduction scum very well.

[chrisdd]

Thanks for the tips! I'll try some out.