[Jewelry making - Article 00563] - Re: [Orchid] Flux & Fire scale

[Annette Andres]

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    Is there any new way of handling the firescale that I get when I
    need to use yellow orchre? For example I cover my silver piece with
    Prips flux and solder some small pieces of gold on one side. This
    piece is two sided so now I must yellow ochre the previously
    soldered gold pieces and turn it over and Prips the second side and
    solder the gold on that side. I can't use Prips over the ochered
    side or it will "bleed" the ochre or white out and then it's not
    safe any more to assume it won't remelt those soldered pieces. So on
    this piece I get firescale on one side and also on rings that I make
    when I solder a few pieces of gold on a silver ring and then rotate
    it a third turn and solder more pieces on. I always yellow orchre or
    white out my previous solder and can't Prips that particular area
    without bleeding the ochre. I don't think there is a solution to
    this unless something new has arrived to solve this problem. Just
    thought I'd check with the experts again on this problem. Thanks!!  
            Annette 



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