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02-26-2007, 04:15 PM | #1 |
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The "q-tip" test
I remember hearing something about determining if an item is silver or something based on swabbing something on a q-tip. Can anyone enlighten me?
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02-27-2007, 11:56 PM | #2 |
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I don't know about this being a metallurgical test, but I have heard of damp cotton swabs used to test the ink on questionable documents.
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02-28-2007, 09:01 AM | #3 |
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Thanks, maybe I was thinking about an ink test. Thanks anyway.
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02-28-2007, 08:29 PM | #4 |
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Yeap, works on non synthetic inks.
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03-01-2007, 09:38 AM | #5 |
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Thanks Alexei. I must be easily confused in my advancing age ;)
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