[Jewelry making - Article 00471] - Re: [Orchid] Any tricks to hiding platinum seams?

[David Huffman]

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Hi Wayne;

    I appreciate the offer for the crab cakes recipe, but I'm a vegan.
    My wife, on the other hand, is a carnivore and will gladly eat these
    arachnid confections. 

    To the point. I'll assume you're using the 1000C platinum solder due
    to the temperature constraints of the job, but if it's a sizing, you
    won't avoid a seam with those types of solders until you get to a
    1700C weld solder. BUT! you can use the newer "platinum plumb"
    solders which range in temperatures from 1300C to 1500C. The lowest
    temperature version may show a faint gray line, but it is a color
    issue and minimal. These solders do not polish out of the seam.
    They're a bit pricey, but work great. I use the 1300C for sizing all
    the time. The solders are available at Stuller, I think United
    Precious Metals carries them also, as well as Precious Metals West.
    Stuller will sell a 1/2 pennyweight of it at a time, don't know
    about the others. 

David L. Huffman
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