[Jewelry making - Article 00191] - Re: [Orchid] Making my own head pins

[Pam Chott (E-mail)]

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>>      Has anyone been successful in making their own head pins from gold
>>     fill? 

>         You can do it, but the ball will be a new alloy, not gold
>     fill, because you have melted it and mixed the metals. 

    When I needed 2 double-ended balled wires for a gold-filled piece, I
    decided it was worth it to solder 14Kt balls to the ends of the
    gold-filled wire. 

    I pre-melted 14Kt easy solder on each end of the g/f wires and then
    heated the 14Kt. ball to temperature before touching the wire tip to
    it. This produced a wire with a continuous gold surface, including
    the solder joint.  

Pam Chott
www.songofthephoenix.com

 
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