[Jewelry making - Article 00545] - Re: [Orchid] Melting white gold solder twice

[Helen Hill]

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>     I think solders are named backwards. My experience is that hard
>     solder is in the long run easier to work with and easy solder is a
>     pain not worth screwin around with. 

    I agree with that sentiment wholeheartedly. When I first started
    making things, I was using easy solder. I thought "I'm just beginning
    so start off with the easy stuff" but I found it to be a complete
    pain. Previous joints would just collapse on subsequent solderings. I
    moved onto medium solder then later hard after someone on Orchid told
    me about multiple joints and the protocol being to use hard, medium
    then easy. I found that I much preferred the hard solder and pretty
    much only use that now. It will hold up even when using hard on
    another joint nearby. I occasionally solder a bail onto a pendant
    with medium but generally prefer hard and it makes for stronger
    joints too! 

Helen
UK
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