[Jewelry making - Article 01424] - Re: [Orchid] Soldering Gold filled metal

[kenton stevens]

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Hi Mlou!

    That's what I used the first time- easy 14K yellow gold solder, but
    it didn't flow worth two cents. The mtal was clean- dunked it in
    acetone first, then into the pickle and rinsed it. The flux I was
    using was Batterns, which is what I use when soldering solid 14K.
    That's when I tried using the yellow silver solder- which was
    recommended by Rio Grande Co.- but I had the same problem. I don't
    think it was a lack of heat, as I was using both an atmospheric
    acetylene torch and a oxy- propane torch with a neutral flame. I
    used a #1 torch tip with the atmospheric acetylene torch as well,
    seeing as how it was a large piece. 

    Dar mentioned using a mixture of alcohol and boric acid for the
    flus, so I'll do a test piece to see how that works later this
    evening. I'll try it with regular gold solder as well, just to see
    what the difference might be. 

    Thankyou for the reply, and I hope those tornadoes the other day
    missed you- apparently they did- but that was a pretty bad outbreak,
    especially for this time of year! 

    Thanks again for your reply and advice! If you ever have any
    problems polishing "problem stones" give me a holler- that seems to
    be my "forte"! Pass the word! 

Kenton
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