[Jewelry making - Article 00793] - Re: [Orchid] Sheet solder Vs Wire solder

[Lisa W]

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    I find sheet very uncomfortable to use, with the cutting or snipping
    being awkward at best. I also buy 10' - 20' at a time, but I take it
    directly to the rolling mill and run the whole roll into ribbon, as
    thin as I can comfortably make it. I keep a small stock of snippets,
    which I clip right off this roll. It's MUCH easier to avoid using too
    much solder, since the paillons are thinner. They are physically
    larger, so easier to handle. They are flat rather than snips of
    cylindrical wire, so they don't roll around, and they snip very
    easily. I usually pick solder with them. But I also have the roll of
    thin solder ribbon handy for wire-fed or stick soldering, and it's
    nice and thin, easier to avoid "the blob". Seems to me to have all of
    the advantages of both sheet and wire, and none of the disadvantages.
    Rolling the whole thing only takes a few minutes. Try it! 

Lisa W
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