[Jewelry making - Article 00455] - [Orchid] Any tricks to hiding platinum seams?

[Wayne Louis Werner]

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    I have been doing platinum work for about 15 years now and I just
    accept the fact that you will see a seam on most work. I try to use
    hard solder when I can. This week I was not at my shop with the
    oxy-propane so I did a sizing with pt 1000 solder and boy did I see
    it. I took this thing down to the finest emory paper I could find and
    then charged a piece of tan folder paper with white rough and used
    that too. then i went to the clean buffing wheel. whispered to the
    ring that it was almost polished, touched it to the wheel and boom!!!
    there was the seem again. I then went back through the whole process
    and used a soft goat hair brush for the final polish...........but it
    still showed up. 

    I know why I see it, the metals are different hardnesses and the
    solder 'pulls out' when polished. I am looking for a magic bullet. If
    anyone can give it to me, i will give them my grandmothers recipe for
    Maryland crab cakes... this means YOU MR. Binnion. 

Wayne Werner 'try'in to get platinum paid'
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