[Jewelry making - Article 00831] - Re: [Orchid] Hard Soldering

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    While on the subject of hard solder....Can any enamel artist give
    some tips on using IT solder. My first attempt was using it to
    solder fine silver findings , heavy ga. , to 22ga fine silver backing
    for piece to be enameled. Also tried to solder fine silver bezel to
    fine silver for enameling purposes, had VERY difficult time making it
    flow at all. The metals were clean, joints tight, Used Little torch
    and 3 different  tries of fluxes, Batterns, Clear gel for hard
    soldering and borax mix, still, little to no flow before metal starts
    to distort. Whats up with that? NB


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