[Jewelry making - Article 01079] - Re: [Orchid] Setting opals

[Jeanne Rhodes Moen]

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    There are products you can use..a paste of sorts..though I don't
    remember the names of them....but I'm not sure that they would be
    good enough for using on an opal or even soldering very close to the
    stone itself. Opals are extremely heat sensitive. One trick I learned
    with a jeweler in Maryland for soldering (sizing) an opal or other
    stone ring was  actually to have a small jar lid with water in it and
    setting the stone so that it was touching the water keeping it cool.
    But it sounds like you want to solder where the stone is, which would
    mean you need to get the local area hot, so I don' think that would
    work either. 

Jeanne
http://www.jeanniusdesigns.com

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