[Jewelry making - Article 01004] - Re: [Orchid] Filling cracks in rings

[Jerry & Norma Holt]

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Dave,

    There's nothing wrong with your solder, it's just that the solder
    gods have decreed that  solder will not fill cracks. You have
    defects in the metal caused by oxides, impurities, crud, whatever.
    The best solution is to cut out the bad portion and solder (braze)
    in good metal. Outside of throwing it out and starting all over
    that's the ONLY solution that comes to me, now that I think about
    it. 

    Jerry in Kodiak (where the sockeye salmon have returned and the
    island is again incredibly green)           



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