[Jewelry making - Article 00239] - Re: [Orchid] Argentium Sterling and solder

[Janet Yang]

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Trevor,

    Thanks for the link. I think you must be right about changing to a
    different flux. As a test, I used the AS Hard to solder some fine
    silver (so I wouldn't have to worry about the underlying metal
    melting). When the solder finally melted, it still stayed "blobby"
    instead of flowing and flattening. I even ran the solder pick over
    it, but it was like applying frosting to a cake, i.e., I could make
    it spread out more, but otherwise it stayed put. 

    Now that AS solder is available, is there any reason to continue
    using regular silver solder on traditional sterling? 

Janet
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