[Jewelry making - Article 00860] - Re: [Orchid] Fusing Argentium Sterling Silver

[Leah]

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    Okay, I'm a little nervous about answering a technique question
    here, since I'm not nearly as advanced in metalsmithing as most of
    you...but... 

    Fusing Argentium works really well - in fact, whenever I can use a
    fused join instead of a soldered join, that's how I do it now. 

    In my experience, a tiny bit of Batterns flux at the join helps the
    Argentium flow together. Fusing jump rings is really easy - I just
    set up a bunch of them on a soldering block, spray some flux on the
    block, and start fusing. I probably end up using more flux than is
    really necessary that way, but it's easier than having to dab it on
    each join individually if you are doing a whole bunch of rings. Any
    flux residue left on the rings will pickle off. 

Leah
www.michondesign.com
leah AT michondesign.com

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