[Jewelry making - Article 01112] - Re: [Orchid] New Experience with Pickle

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>     I fluxed, soldered, pickled, fluxed, soldered, pickled, just like I
>     was supposed to. Getting ready to polish it, every joint along this
>     one structural "spine" element failed...... We surmised, correctly
>     I think, that repeated heatings and picklings changed the chemistry
>     and physical structure of the solder, leaving it brittle. 

    Welllll Andy....I'm still not convinced. I have pieces that have 10,
    even up to 20 solder joins and I pickle routinely after each
    soldering. The joins remain perfect! Some of the pieces have been in
    use for years even and still no problem. I suspect there may be some
    other aspect we are not considering.....strength or kind of pickle,
    the make of the solder, the amount of heat that one uses when
    soldering, the type of flux.......something else is contributing to
    this problem but I don't know what. 

    Cheers from Don at The Charles Belle Studio in SOFL where simple
    elegance IS fine jewelry! dcdietz AT comcast.net

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