[Jewelry making - Article 01178] - [Orchid] Borax & Alcohol flux mixture?

[Karen Tihor]

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Hi all,

    I haven't posted before, but I've lurked enthusiastically for more
    than a year.  :)  The information I've learned by reading this forum
    has been invaluable to me as a beginning jewelry maker.  I'm mainly a
    "wire twizzler" with a chainmail addiction, but I'm very interested
    in all forms of jewelry making and I love reading about fabrication
    and soldering techniques in the hopes of one day being able to give
    some of them a try. 

    At the moment, I am making my first forays into soldering and I have
    a question regarding the homemade flux recipe that has been posted
    occasionally over the past few months.  The recipe that I have seen
    calls for a 50/50 mix of borax with denatured alcohol.  I had no
    problem finding the borax, but when I ask for denatured alcohol
    people look at me like I'm nuts!  Is there another name it might be
    known by?  I live in a very tiny city waaaaaaay up in Northern
    Ontario and jewelry making supplies are only available to me online,
    hence the attempt to make my own flux. 

    I have no problem finding isopropyl alcohol, but I think that has a
    different chemical makeup?  Could it be used as a substitute if I
    can't find the denatured alcohol? 

Thanks!
Karen Tihor
KaeLynn Jewelry Design
Schumacher, ON
(705) 360-5861
www.KaeLynnDesign.com

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