[Jewelry making - Article 00372] - Re: [Orchid] Brass colored silver solder?

[jesse Brennan]

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    A slow response to this question.. The silver brazing alloys that
    contain copper start to lose the silver tint as the copper content
    increases. There are many alloys that have a brass tint that do not
    contain cadmium. I have used mostly easyflow 35 - but the cadmium
    containing one for about 40 years on and off. I don't try to breath
    in the vapours along with flourides from the active fluxes. Never
    smoked though- still kicking. 

    If you look through the modern listings you will find many cadmium
    free alloys and some cadmium containing. Some of the suppliers have
    discontinued making selling cadmium containing versions totally.. It
    won't be hard to find brass colored ones. The degree of color
    matching acceptibility is up to you see: 

    http://www.jwharris.com/jwprod/hisilverbrazealloys/ 

    http://www.brazing.com/products/Braze_silver/ 

    http://tinyurl.com/dk6wc

    http://www.lucas-milhaupt.com/ part of Handy and Harmon 

    Joining with parent metal as the filler material is really welding --
    you probably don't want to do this since you don't wish to melt the
    parts just the filler. 

    You should be able to get close to what you want. Download the
    reference guides! 

    A harder job is matching copper color. with a brazing alloy. In this
    content only gilding metal ( 95% copper 5%zinc) comes close. in a
    reasonably available material.. 

    You will find a few alloys that contain that contain a small
    percentage of nickel- these are not jewelry fabrication materials but
    are intended for brazing stainless steel where they wet the surface a
    bit better. Allergy conditions are an individual issue. 

jesse


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