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Re: [Orchid] Hard Soldering  
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From: JETT Research
Date: Sat Apr 26 22:35:47 2003
 
     
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>        Part 2)  It just might be your solder.  Rio's solder is
>     manufactured from Handy and Harmon.  Med and Easy are fine.  Their
>     Hard sits like a grumpy lump.  Hoover and Strong make their own
>     solder (I think). All of their solders are alloyed with less
>     zinc/tin and more silver. 

    Karen, While I completely agree with your use of nickel silver for
    models there is one more factor that may be coming into play here. 
    I am sure that I am going to catch flak over this but here goes
    anyway.  

    According to
    http://www.mfa.org/conservation/fullrecord.asp?name=nickel%20silver
    The addition of small amount of lead to the alloy allows nickel
    silver to be soldered and welded.  Fire away....  Of course you
    should always use good ventilation when soldering. 

Best Regards,
J. Tyler Teague
JETT Research



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