[Jewelry making - Article 00389] - Re: [Orchid] Argentium in at Rio Grande!

[Zen Sojourner]

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>>     Remember that Argentium melts at a lower temperature than
>>     traditional sterling. AFIK, you can only use easy solder with it
>>     anyway. 

>         Just because argentium sterling melts at a lower temp than
>     regular sterling doesn't mean that you still don't need hard,
>     medium and easy. Other suppliers provides all three grades of
>     argentium solder.

    Actually I corrected myself in another posting.  Regular sterling
    solders in extra easy, easy, and medium grades were recommended for
    use with Argentium.

    The new Argentium solders in "easy", "medium", and "hard" do not
    correspond to the same named grades in traditional sterling solders -
    the melt/flow temps are lower for the Argentium, so that each grade
    of Argentium solder is approximately equivalent to the next grade up
    in traditional sterling solder (eg AS easy approx. Sterling
    extra-easy). 

Sojourner

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