How To Solder Copper Wire Jewelry
Hold the solder in place for a few seconds until solder starts to flow.
How to solder copper wire jewelry. Both can reach 400 degrees in temperature. Clean both the brazing wire and the copper you plan to braze for your jewelry with acetone to remove dirt grime and grease. Place the 14kt gold wire pieces on a soldering board about 1 inch apart.
So your spots to be joined need to line up very cleanly. Oxidize the jewelry piece. Place soldering iron under the wire.
Hold the solder to the joint you are trying to solder. I highly recommend this class for any wireworker who wants to make the jump from following tutorials to designing their own jewelry Teresa. Join 10 million international visitors per month.
Practice getting clean neat joins knowing you can plate over mistakes and when you do graduate to silver youll be a real soldering pro. Place the circle on top. Your solder will be applied opposite from the iron on top of the wire.
Im using paste flux EziWeld 602 with hard silver solder wire. Copper Brass Bronze Nickel and Tin are all metals that can be soldered at soldering iron and propane torch temperatures 400-800f and use solders and fluxes that are readily available. Join 10 million international visitors per month.
Continue melting the solder until theres a thin layer of solder. You will not be able to reuse your pickle once you use it for copper plating. If you like the look of copper but hate the visible joins try this experiment for yourself but dont use it as an excuse to be sloppy.