[Jewelry making - Article 01286] - Re: [Orchid] Quenching to Harden Ear Posts

[Karen Bahr]

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Hello Brian and Orchidland

    I have to agree with Daniel Grandi with one caveat. When soldering
    the post on in the first place to heat it as little as possible. What
    I do is to set up the earrings for soldering complete with flux and
    solder in place (I do prefer paste solder for this, though I can just
    as easily use wire solder too) and I stand my posts on a corner of my
    brick in a small hole so they are standing. When ready I light the
    torch and grab on post in tweezers and heat the earring until the
    solder is molten, then I quickly put the post into the molten solder
    and immediately remove heat. Hold still a second or two so as to let
    the solder harden and quench immediately. I have not had problems
    with soft posts with this method. Happy Halloween :) 

Karen Bahr   "the Rocklady"  (rocklady AT nucleus.com)
K.I.S. Creations
May your gems always sparkle.

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