[Jewelry making - Article 00629] - Re: [Orchid] Soldering silver to copper

[John Donivan]

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    I've read a couple of replies to this, and it seems they mostly miss
    the point. You are doing yourself and your customers a disservice by
    using copper at all. Aside from the fact that your product is not
    sterling, though it looks it, it will tarnish quickly, go black,
    look funny, even corrode - bi-metalic action and all that. Plus all
    the difficulties of soldering it, all to save 75 cents worth of
    silver. One reply said to punch out the center, which might work, if
    it doesn't warp all over on you. Just buy the silver and do it right.

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