[Jewelry making - Article 00382] - Re: [Orchid] Struggling with soldering sterling silver

[Dave Arens]

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Hi Gang,

    I too, like to use home brewed boric acid/alohol as a firescale
    preventive. 

    What I did to make the operation easier is to get a glass container
    about 4" (100 mm) in diameter & 2" (50 mm) deep. The container has a
    glass lid. The edges of the bowl & lid are  ground to fit the
    tightly. There's very little evaporation, yet the top is easy to
    remove & replace. 

    When getting ready to solder a piece, I remove the lid, place the
    item in the alcohol, remove it, replace the lid, lay the item on the
    soldering surface & ignite it to burn off the alcohol.  Then I apply
    the solder & solder. It works well for me. It takes longer to tell
    about it than it does to do it. 

    The bowls are called 'glass alcohol cups' in most jewelry supplier's
    catalogs. 

Dave

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