Demonstrating the “forgiveness” or Argentium Sterling Silver (read description before commenting)
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Published 2022-12-06
1. Poor joint alignment (gap).
2. Dirty metal (finger oils - grease)
3. Poor solder placement
4. Minimal fluxing
5. Possibly more failures to conform to the established rules of soldering???
In this video I am using:
1. Argentium Sterling Silver (remelted scrap cast into a rod and rolled)
2. Argentium Hard Solder
3. Butane Blazer jeweler’s torch
4. Solderite board
5. My-T-Flux
The most important things to keep in mind with Argentium are:
1. Don’t use flux excessively, flux the seam only
2. Watch the colour and do not try to pick it up while the metal is orange, let it cool slightly before moving it.
3. Argentium solder provides the best colour match.
All Comments (2)
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I have heard many positive things about argentium so perhaps I will give it a try. I primarily work with sterling and rose gold. I appreciate the explanation of the visual and all the "broken " rules of sterling. Yes, argentium could be a real time saver in the fabrication and soldering process. Thank you!
