[Jewelry making - Article 00154] - Re: [Orchid] Melting white gold solder twice

[Matthew Gross]

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Janet

    what you are describing can be done with the white gold easy solder,
    when the solder is not flowing properly it usually is a couple of
    different things. 

    #1 your piece is not clean enough 

    #2 there is firescale on the piece and it needs to pickle more 

    #3 you borac and alchol ratio is not right most of the time it is to
    watery, it needs to be more milky 

    #4 with sweat soldering the bushy flame is the best heating the
    piece slowly and evenly. 

hope that helps
Matthew
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