Find great deals on eBay for pickle pot jewellery. I realized that I needed a pickle pot, but I was loath to spend lots of money online to potentially harmful chemicals, there were no local jeweler’s pickle sources, and pool supplies weren’t really a viable option in the middle of winter. Pickle works best when it’s heate so a small crock pot is the ideal container. Keep the setting on Low heat.
Use the crock pot only for pickle.
PICKLE POT - Perfect size for warming your jewelry pickle. An old crock pot with a glass lid works very well for a pickle pot. In this video, Professor John Ahr of the Online Jewelry Academy demonstrates how to set-up a pickle pot that can be used to remove oxidation from metal projects.
Keeping your work clean will. Most jewelers use a ceramic lined crock pot or a commercially available pickle pot. Little Dipper whose small footprint makes it studio friendly.
It is an acid compound usually made using a specialised pickling powder or liquid pickle solution. So if you use heat and metal, it is essential that you set up a pickle pot.
A covered crock pot works very well for containing a pickle.