[Jewelry making - Article 01168] - Re: [Orchid] Sterling or Nickel

[Silverspotstudio]

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    Good question - I have often wondered the same myself, especially as
    I make a lot of tie-tack -style pins, barettes, etc. that can't be
    made without some sort of base metal finding. Sterling does get way
    too bendy for many of these applications. 

    I also tend to attach such findings, be they nickel or plated steel,
    with soft solder (Stay-Brite, usually), and I often wonder if this
    is kosher for solid sterling pieces into which a great deal of work
    has gone.   We've touched on this subject and determined that the
    solder was physically OK under many circumstances (not prong repair
    on platinum, obviously)...but I'm keen to see the responses to the
    above question. 

Jessee Smith
www.silverspotstudio.com

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