[Jewelry making - Article 00016] - Re: [Orchid] Magic Flame Flux

[Noel Yovovich]

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>     Never heard of Magic Flame. Where do you buy it - and does it
>     keep well once mixed? Do you need to light it to burn off the
>     alcohol after you apply it, as you do with the Boric Acid/alcohol
>     mixture? 

    I don't remember where I bought it... I'm still working on my first
    jar. A quick Google shows it at Shor International, RMG Jewelry
    Supply, and no doubt many others. Like any alcohol flux, it has to be
    kept air tight or the alcohol evaporates, but you can always add
    more. You can burn it off or not. For demanding soldering situations,
    I burn it off and add a drop of My-T-Flux or Cupronil to the joint.
    (Same is true of boric/alcohol). For REALLY important situations, I
    flux, heat, spray on Cupronil, My-T-Flux or even that new ceramic
    stuff, can't think of the name. I like options. I also have hald a
    dozen wire solders, a similar number of powdered solders and even
    more paste solders, and that's just silver... 

Noel
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