[Jewelry making - Article 00976] - Re: [Orchid] I must be getting too old for this

[David L. Huffman]

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    Hi Bruce; You don't mention if these are silver or gold rings, but
    I'll assume they're gold, as it's unusual to find silver set with
    quality diamonds.  Are these white gold settings?  I've found that
    the pervasive rhodium plating on the white articles interferes with
    soldering, and I get to kick myself when I forget to sand it off
    before soldering and find myself chasing pits away from sizing seams.
     I have more problems with 10K too, and would be glad for
    suggestions.  I solder with non-cadmium 14K plumb solders from
    Stuller, and use 19K white weld for white gold ring sizings.  I've
    also switched to a self pickling flux without fluorides, and between
    leaving the cadmium and the fluorides behind, I'm getting more
    occasions to struggle with solder not flowing, so I'm at a loss as to
    what factor is the larger contributor to the problem.  It's cold
    comfort to know there's another old veteran having these problems.
    :-)  Hang in there, I'd bet there's something here we can discover. 
    As for leaving trade work behind, well, there are plenty of reasons
    for that, but hey, for now, it's a living. 

David L. Huffman


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