[Jewelry making - Article 00124] - Re: [Orchid] How did you break into gold?

[Holly Hawkins]

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    Hi Cyndy - another helpful thing might be to go to your local pawn
    shop and buy some dicarded gold wedding rings. Just saw through and
    re-solder to get a feel for how gold solders differently from silver.
    You can pretty much do this endlessly until you feel a bit more
    confident soldering gold and then tackle other projects. Even if you
    melt it, you can melt it down and re-use (although I probably
    wouldn't melt and re-use a ring you've re-sized a hundred times in
    different spots - too much solder!) Just remember you need a much
    smaller flame that can be concentrated on the part you're soldering
    (vs. silver, where everything needs to be brought up to temp.)
    Soldering lots of silver can be a good foundation for soldering
    anything. To quote Maertz, (albeit about platinum) "It's not hard,
    it's just different!" Don't worry, you'll be fine! Best, Holly,
    Boston. (Soon to be Houston - 2 weeks!)
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