[Jewelry making - Article 00093] - Re: [Orchid] Anybody Really Good with Overlay?

[Katherine Palochak]

========[ Invite a Friend - http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm  ]========


>         I've been taught that you have to scrape the solder clean
>     before you use it, which would be impossible with powdered solder. 
>     Is it a non-issue with powder? 

    I don't know why, but it doesn't seem to be an issue. I just keep
    the powdered solder in a glass bottle that's closed with a rubber
    stopper when I'm not using it. In the Southwest, they keep it in a
    little tin container that has a ribbed spout on it, no stopper. I
    also use Battern's almost exclusively, as it's a self-pickling flux. 


____________________________________________________________________
T h e   O r c h i d   L i s t
Open Electronic Forum for Jewelry Manufacturing Methods and Procedures
____________________________________________________________________
Orchid FAQ:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/faq.htm
Orchid Archives:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive
Orchid Galleries:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/gallery.htm
Invite a Friend:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm
____________________________________________________________________
Tips From The Jeweler's Bench - Article Archive
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm
The Jeweler's Selected Bibliography List
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/jewelry-books
Buy Orchid Jewelry:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/shop
____________________________________________________________________
-Unsubscribe:
-Email: orchid-request AT ganoksin.com Body=unsubscribe subject=blank
____________________________________________________________________