[Jewelry making - Article 00667] - Re: [Orchid] Sheet solder Vs Wire solder

[John Donivan]

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>     What would be the difference between using sheet solder and wire
>     solder? 

    Valerie - and all. In essence (depending on supplier) there's no
    difference in the metal alloy of sheet and wire solders. The typical
    way of making turquoise jewelry is to use silver wire solder. It's
    cut to a 2"-3" length, held in insulated self-locking tweezers, and
    just fed into the work when it's hot. Fast, easy, and more precise
    than you might think when you get good at it. You can do the same
    with sheet solder by cutting a strip down the edge. You can also clip
    wire into little bits. Wire solder is useful that way, but it's also
    much better when you need a lot of solder. Where you might put 200
    little bits of sheet solder on an overlay or something, you can just
    flow it on and spread it out with wire. Other than that there's no
    real difference, just preferences and type of work... BTW - I have no
    use for medium solder. Never touch the stuff. And I store my solders
    in compartmented plastic boxes. I count 13 different kinds at the
    moment. That doesn't count Tix or brazing and the like... 

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