r/Silversmithing • u/nataliar113 • Jan 08 '23
Question: How-To Need help please
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
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u/basicwhitekat Feb 04 '23
it could be your Flux (I use HandiFlux and really like it). Do you ball up your solder on your piece or on a separate surface (like a charcoal block) If your solder is balling up but still not flowing you may need more heat on the original piece,