[Jewelry making - Article 00674] - Re: [Orchid] To quench or not to quench, that is the question

[Jeanne Rhodes-Moen]

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    With my filigree, I quench it between nearly every soldering without
    having any brittleness issues. The only time I get brittle solder
    joints is if I leave the piece in too long....say, I forget to take
    it out of the pickle on Friday and don't get back to it for a few
    days. If I didn't quench it between each soldering, but rather waited
    for it to cool, put it in the pickle etc, a 2 hour job would quickly
    grow to 2-3 times as long while waiting for the silver to deoxidize
    in the pickle. 

Jeanne
http://www.jeannius.com
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