Does Heat Reveal Solder Joints ?

Does Heat Reveal Solder Joints ?

Does heat reveal solder joints?

Comments for
Does Heat Reveal Solder Joints ?

Average Rating

Click here to add your own comments

Rating

Heat & Solder Joints
by: Teri

If you are working on the piece, heat could reveal solder. In fact low solder could actually melt again. BUT I think you mean heat when wearing a piece of jewelry with solder joints. If you used solder on copper, brass, or even gold, the silver solder is going to show. Typically you file/sand it down to the bare minimum needed to keep the joint and it will be very difficult to see with the naked eye. However, if you patina the piece, I suppose it may be possible that the solder joint might accept the patina differently, but I've never heard of it coming off, even in heat. If you can give us some idea of how much heat, temperature wise, and the condition, we might be able to help more. But if I were going to make a short and sweet answer to this, it would be "no." Teri sandtcreations.com/wordpress

Rating

Revealing solder joints
by: John The Jeweler

In order to locate solder joints with heat, use a cool flame on the un-fluxed peace of jewelry. This will cause the jewelry to tarnish and the solder joints will tarnish a different color than the rest of the peace.

Click here to add your own comments

Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How?
Simply click here to return to Questions About Jewelry Making

Return to the How to Make Jewelry Home Page

Attention Jewelry Sellers...
Check out my other web project:

Did You Know That Webshops Like Etsy Might Be Wasting Your Time? Read More....

What's a feed?

Writers Wanted!

Do you love jewelry making too? Maybe you like writing tutorials, sharing your experiences with selling, or want to share a personal jewelry related story?

Submit your articles and tutorials for publication on this site It's a great way to share your passion, share your knowledge, (and is a great way to get backlinks to your blog, website, or Etsy shop too)

Shop

Did you know that I made this website part time while being home with my babies? Read more about my story and how this website earns me enough to continue staying at home My Home Business Story