[Jewelry making - Article 00135] - Re: [Orchid] Argentium Sterling and solder

[Judy Willingham]

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Hello Janet,

    As you have discovered, AS behaves differently when hot than does
    standard sterling. It becomes brittle - I know - that makes no
    sense. But I love the whiteness of it and the lack of firescale! 

    Two things I would suggest: one is to use the easy solder and the
    other is to learn to fuse the links rather than solder them. Once you
    learn fusing, you have acquired a useful skill. 

    I think that AS handles like gold when soldering, IOW, don't heat
    the entire piece to soldering temp as is necessary with standard
    sterling. You can direct your flame mainly to the area you wish to
    solder or fuse. Dim light allows you to better judge the metal's
    color and avoid over-heating. 

    Read Trevor's blog or Cynthia Eid's article (which I thought was on
    Ganoksin!).

    http://www.touchmetal.com/blog/argentium-blog.html 

Hope this helps,
Judy in Kansas
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