[Jewelry making - Article 01061] - Re: [Orchid] New Experience with Pickle

[Karen Christians]

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Leona,

    You also want to watch temperature in which you pickle. You never
    want to toss your freshly soldered piece directly into the hot pickle
    as the temperature change and the acid will begin burrowing little
    pits. Let the joint cool a bit and then quench in water first, then
    pickle. 

    The small amount of zinc in solders burns away each time you heat it
    back up. Your joint actually does become harder and more brittle,
    although I am not sure it is the pickle that does this. Different
    companies make different solder alloys. My personal choice? Hoover
    and Strong. They make an excellent solder. 

    For gold I would go with Otto Frei. Theirs works very well. 

-k

Karen Christians
M E T A L W E R X
50 Guinan St.
Waltham, MA 02451
Ph. 781/891-3854 Fax 3857
http://www.metalwerx.com/
Jewelry/Metalarts School & Cooperative Studio

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