[Jewelry making - Article 01119] - [Orchid] Argentium sterling and anti firescale fluxes

[Smokiesilver]

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    I have been following the posts about Argentium silver and anti fire
    scale fluxes for some time. I have been using Cupronil since around
    1976. Cupronil is a great product in that it does exactly what it is
    designed to do. It prevents fire scale and acts as a solder flux. The
    use of the spray head on Cupronil's bottle makes application very
    easy. I have been using the same spray head for many years. 

    I cannot understand the rush to fabricate projects with Argentium
    silver when the use of Cupronil or other anti fire scale fluxes on
    sterling is so simply and cost affective. 

    From the posts, Argentium silver appears to be somewhat trickier to
    use than sterling silver. On top of that, an ounce of Argentium
    silver costs a $1.00 plus more than an ounce of sterling silver. 

    I have been using the anti fire scale vacuum casting process that
    Lee Epperson demonstrated at a Tucson Gem and Mineral Show many years
    ago. That process has allowed me to create three-dimensional objects
    that I hesitated to do without the anti fire scale process. The
    process is so simple I find it difficult to understand why anyone
    would want to spend more money to cast with Argentium silver. 

    I remember there was a note on one of the early flyers on anti fire
    scale metals that stated the metal should not be melted in a graphite
    crucible. Can Argentium be melted in a graphite cruciblei 

    Firescuff flux seems to be a major pain to use. Why would anyone
    want to use a product that costs about 4 times the cost other of
    other available anti fire scale flues. 

Smokie
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