[Jewelry making - Article 00220] - Re: [Orchid] Soldering on snake chain

[Kevin]

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    The only suggestion I can offer here is to strictly limit the amount
    of solder.  So don't go feeding a strip into the heated joint, but
    instead set the whole thing up cold with just a tiny snippet of
    solder (and close joints).  If there's only a little solder then it
    can't spread all over the place.  Except (there's always a "gotcha"),
    many commercial chains incorporate lots of solder (some are made from
    solder cored wire) and these can give particular problems with links
    joining together to give a solid length.  In that case you can try
    the various solder inhibiting pastes (yellow orchre, correction
    fluid) or a heatsink. 

Kevin  (NW England, UK)


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