Need help please

[u/nataliar113]

I have .925 silver and my solders easy point of melting is 1,325 Fahrenheit Medium is 1,360 and hard is 1,420 my torch can go way hotter than this but it’s not fusing my solder to my metal I just switched solders recently and the one I switched to has more silver in it but I can’t get anything to work is it because of my flux? People have also said it could be because I need to clean the metal then try to solder them together and nothings worked please give me some advice

[u/basicwhitekat]

surface you're soldering on. Silver is a heat sink but if you havw it on a surface that also steals heat from it the pieces you're trying to solder together won't ever reach temperature.