How To Solder Copper Wire Jewellery
Run the solder over the entire splice so it can melt and travel into the gaps between the wires.
How to solder copper wire jewellery. Quickly learn how to solder wire or sheet metal. Copper hearts just out of the pickle ready for soldering. I have soldered sterling silver on and off for many years but have recently began working with copper.
Take each piece of wire and using the 800 grit sandpaper slightly flatten one side of each piece. Join 10 million international visitors per month. You will not be able to reuse your pickle once you use it for copper plating.
Ad Our 200 experts carefully select and verify more than 65000 objects each week. Place the jewelry in pickle add a piece of steel let the copper plate the solder joins remove the jewelry and steel from the pickle. Cleanliness is a must for good solder joints.
For even more ideas refer to Planning your Design in the text above. To see how your chosen solder works on different thicknesses of metal I suggest cutting out 1 squares of 18 20 22 and 24 gauge copper sheet. No problems soldering a copper ring but trying to solder a thick 5mm round wire bangle has become a nightmare.
Make sure the pieces to be soldered together are VERY clean. By using a butane torch you can heat your pieces of metal until they are almost but not quite melted. Counter enamel sifted onto the back of one of the studs and placed on the trivet ready for torch firing.
Our instructional 19 page color booklet delves into the basics of soldering wire and sheet copper brass bronze tin and nickel for art jewelry and crafting. Flux them and place one tiny pallion chip in the center of each piece of wire. Learn to Start Soldering.