[Jewelry making - Article 01180] - Re: [Orchid] Sizing joints in the 'new' white gold

[Neilthejeweler]

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    I've had great results with the 20K solder so I was surprised to see
    you are apparently not getting the result you want. Hoover and Strong
    also makes palladium white gold solder if that's the alloy you have
    trouble with. I'm not thrilled with it but that's a subjective
    opinion. 

    I'm not sure what you mean by 'popping up'. If you mean it doesn't
    show til final polish you might try lapping with really fine abrasive
    paper and polish 90 degrees to the joint with a hard wheeI. I don't
    have room for a split lap machine (oh, and I'm cheap) so I just put a
    splitlap wheel on my buffer and its OK. Not the easiest to use but
    gets the job done. 

    I have this small bit left of 16YH solder I got from somebody in
    Chicago. It is fantastic at hiding a seam. Really invisible, even
    bridges a sloppy joint, polishes out perfectly. Hot though, close to
    the ragged edge of melting the piece. I wish I could remember who it
    was.


 
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