[Jewelry making - Article 01102] - Re: [Orchid] Soldering gold filled

[David Huffman]

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Hi Noel and others;

>     I've done quite a few repairs and rebuilds on antique gold filled
>     pieces over the years (pocket watch cases, pendants, brooches) and
>     have always used gold solder. 

    I'd like to throw in some advice here on repairing repairing antique
    gold filled jewelry. I do a lot of restoration work on this stuff. On
    a lot of the old gold filled stuff, assembly is often done with lead
    solder, especially on the Victorian stuff. If you take it up to gold
    solder temperatures, you'll have a real mess on your hands. 

David L. Huffman
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