A tip from @beltanebotanicals for etching silver jewelry with ferric nitrate, using a nail polish resist, a scribed design and safety gear.

Learn how to use champagne corks as file handles with the cut written on the end, a tip from artifactprocess and emilieshapirojewelry.

Learn to mix a fresh batch of pickle safely: add the pickle to water, use goggles, avoid cold water in hot glass and put the pot on a timer.

Learn how plastic tumbling media from ottofrei1930 in a rotary tumbler gives jewelry an even matte finish.

A tip from @sinead_cleary_jewelry for pinning frame wires around a ring band on a vermiculite block and soldering them with a bushy flame.

A tip from @rushan_kamilovich for coating an ingot mold with candle soot so the melt slides, holds heat and resists oxidation.

A tip from @jewelryinstructor for coloring a frame's edge with Sharpie and sanding it to reveal low spots until the bottom is flat.

A tip from @silversuspensions for drilling a hole in a small container lid so a flux brush seals it airtight at your soldering station.

Learn how a grid soldering board helps align a nail on a pendant or a bezel on a ring, or make your own with a ruler and Sharpie.

A tip from @taylorsaleem for applying keum boo gold foil to silver on a hot plate with an agate burnisher, plus a kiln block workaround.

A tip from @refinedrebellionjewelry for holding Argentium balls in sticky wax on a bench pin and flattening the bottom with a silicon carbide wheel.

A tip from @joyas_pl for storing liquid flux in glass eye droppers so you can apply a precise drop before soldering.

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