[Jewelry making - Article 00553] - Re: [Orchid] Struggling with soldering sterling silver

[Judy Willingham]

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    A comment on Trevor's posting and a question for John Burgess.  I've
    been using a wide-mouth glass jar with ground stopper for my
    alcohol-based flux.  It's recycled from a water chemistry lab. 

    The problem I have is that the solution gets on the ground surfaces
    and the boric acid leaves a deposit, effectively sealing the stopper
    in place.  I don't experience much alcohol evaporation, but do have
    to carefully "pry" the stopper loose each time I begin a session at
    the bench.  Periodically it's necessary to chip the deposits back
    into the jar and wipe down with some rubbing alcohol.  Obviously,
    this is done only when there is no flame around!! 

    I've thought about using a tiny bit of glass grease on the stopper
    and rim.  John Burgess, what do you think?  Would that help with
    this deposit problem or make things worse? 

Judy in Kansas

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