[Jewelry making - Article 00658] - Re: [Orchid] Practical Silver Granulation

[J. Yang]

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    About the use of copper salts for fusing/granulation: One Internet
    article said that the copper bond will get stronger with each
    heating. That would allow you to build your pyramid shapes by fusing
    each layer separately. But I don't know if the information is
    correct (and can't remember who wrote it). 

    I hadn't needed copper salts for fusing, as long as I used a
    tabletop kiln and a torch with a small, soft flame. 

    That torch recently broke* and I can't dial down the new torch
    enough to avoid overheating the entire piece, so I've gone back to
    using copper salts. It's easy enough to make a copper solution, but
    I happened to have antiquing solution
    (http://www.modernoptions.com/SFpages/PGangel.html) and it works
    fine. 

    Janet 

    *It was a $10 Bernzomatic microtorch--a poor-quality tool that soon
    developed problems. In one way it was the perfect torch for fusing:
    The nozzle gunked up until it could only produce a short, round
    flame. But it also leaked and after a few months wouldn't work at
    all, so I don't recommend it.


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