[Jewelry making - Article 01178] - Re: [Orchid] 14K bleeding onto silver

[James Binnion]

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    Use low temp solders either easy 14k  or medium or easy silver. The
    melting point of most 14k yellow alloys are very low and if you have
    extra silver and copper available at the solder interface (your
    sterling silver for example) it can get as low as 1450F  (787C) with
    no problem whatsoever. and you will have this bleed over problem.
    This is why I don't use 14k yellow in my gold mokume it makes it a
    pain to solder and the layer definition gets fuzzy. 

    Anyhow use a low a flow solder as you can and you should have less
    problems with it 

Jim Binnion 

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