http://www.beadingdaily.com/blogs/inside_beadwork_magazine/archive/2012/12/06/how-to-oxidize-metal-with-a-hard-boiled-egg.aspxLately I&#39;ve been playing around with combining wire and seed beads in my jewelry designs and found this quick, affordable, and nontoxic way to color sterling silver wire and findings. I used to mix up batches of liver of sulfur to oxidize, but that&#39;senCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Debug Build: 40407.4157)http://www.beadingdaily.com/blogs/inside_beadwork_magazine/archive/2012/12/06/how-to-oxidize-metal-with-a-hard-boiled-egg.aspx#173591Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:45:15 GMTe599e337-6bb7-4670-8e80-180f614937ac:173591Lauzcowzgirl<p>Amazingly good timing that I couldn&#39;t sleep and came across this great tip. I&#39;ve been trying to locate liver of sulphur but no-one&#39;s even heard of it here in the Aussie backwoods, so knowing how a hard-boiled egg smells I boiled some up, kept the water and put some wire in - doh! it came out cleaner than before! Thanks Melinda for putting me on the right track - you&#39;ve got to OPEN the egg.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.beadingdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=173591" width="1" height="1">http://www.beadingdaily.com/blogs/inside_beadwork_magazine/archive/2012/12/06/how-to-oxidize-metal-with-a-hard-boiled-egg.aspx#173448Sat, 08 Dec 2012 12:29:01 GMTe599e337-6bb7-4670-8e80-180f614937ac:173448seleighe<p>It&#39;s funny that you mentioned this because I was just wondering how to do something like that. &nbsp;I should&#39;ve realized egg would work, since every time I forget to take my silver wedding ring off when peeling boiled eggs, it turns a really pretty bronze color.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.beadingdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=173448" width="1" height="1">