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soldering snake chain
I am having a problem with the molten solder "wicking" up the links of snake
chain when I try solder clasps and other end fittings to the chain. This happens with both gold and silver chain. I use paste solder in my work. Can you help? Also, a great thank you to Peter Rowe for moderating this newsgroup. A newbie like me couldn't ask for more. Doug S. |
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soldering snake chain
"slawdog" wrote in message ... I am having a problem with the molten solder "wicking" up the links of snake chain when I try solder clasps and other end fittings to the chain. This happens with both gold and silver chain. I use paste solder in my work. Can you help? Also, a great thank you to Peter Rowe for moderating this newsgroup. A newbie like me couldn't ask for more. Doug S. ---------------------- People usually use crimp endings for snake chain. -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. |
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slawdog wrote:
I am having a problem with the molten solder "wicking" up the links of snake chain when I try solder clasps and other end fittings to the chain. This happens with both gold and silver chain. I use paste solder in my work.Can you help? Also, a great thank you to Peter Rowe for moderating this newsgroup. A newbie like me couldn't ask for more. Doug S. Use yellow ochre as a solder resists. "White out" also works well. Don't use "crimp endings" as someone else suggested. Abrasha http://www.abrasha.com |
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soldering snake chain
First I'd dump the paste solder and use the smallest piece of sheet
solder I could clip. Then I'd make sure I was drawing the solder away from the chain (as much as you can and still make a good connection). You can use a solder block of some kind, I prefer white out, but keep in mind it tends to act as a bit of a heat sink also. I prefer not to if at all possible. |
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"slawdog" wrote in message ... I am having a problem with the molten solder "wicking" up the links of snake chain when I try solder clasps and other end fittings to the chain. This happens with both gold and silver chain. I use paste solder in my work. Can you help? Also, a great thank you to Peter Rowe for moderating this newsgroup. A newbie like me couldn't ask for more. Doug S. Use 'Hard' solder sheet, it won't run. John |
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soldering snake chain
White out? Please tell me , What kind of " white out" ?
Is that usual " white out" in stationary ? That is great , If it works as yellow ochre. Thank you in advance. Yoshi. |
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Try using powdered Rouge mixed with a little water-----Just paint where you dont want the solder to flow Colin |
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White out? Please tell me , What kind of " white out" ?
Is that usual " white out" in stationary ? That is great , If it works as yellow ochre. Thats the same stuff. Cheap, works well, and easy to apply. |
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On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 18:45:37 -0700, in õ "ne333ro" wrote:
White out? Please tell me , What kind of " white out" ? Is that usual " white out" in stationary ? That is great , If it works as yellow ochre. Thats the same stuff. Cheap, works well, and easy to apply. There are two basic classes of "white out" and similar products. Many are quick drying, based on a hydrocarbon solvent of various sorts. Others are water based, instead of solvent based. You can tell the difference easily since the solvent based ones have an odor as they dry. The solvent based formulas are slightly different, and contain ingredients which give off small amounts of somewhat toxic (possibly carcinogenic? I don'trecall exactly) fumes when you then heat them as solder resists. Whether this is significant or not will depend on how much you use, and how often. If this is a very occasional need and the bottle of white out mostly just sits around,then likely the exposure to the toxic stuff is small enough you might be able to ignore it, especially if your shop has the sort of good ventillation it properly should have in any case, given the various other toxic things that surround soldering (fluix fumes, metal fumes, and more) If you can find the water based formulas, though, they work just as well as a solder resist, but do not give of noxious chemicals when heated. Peter |
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COPEWA wrote:
Try using powdered Rouge mixed with a little water-----Just paint where you dont want the solder to flow Colin I use isopropyl alcohol, it dries faster. I mix it with the yellow ocher. -- Carl West http://carl.west.home.comcast.net change the 'DOT' to '.' to email me "Clutter"? This is an object-rich environment. |
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