[Jewelry making - Article 00422] - Re: [Orchid] Soldering investment, fixtures

[David Arens]

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Ivy,

>       About garnet sand - can you mash it up again and reuse it, or
>     does it become - I guess fired - and hard like clay?

    It's reusable. Just mash it up. In fact, if you want you can solder
    close to garnets (assuming no nasty inclusions) without problems.
    I've soldered right next to many 3mm garnet beads without many
    problems. Occasionally, a bead will break, but not very often. he
    red color also did not change. 

Dave

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