I usually just soak up all the I can from all of you
experience people out there, (thank you all very kindly) but this
firescale I keep getting is driving me nuts.
I know firescale has been a thread before and I think I understand
what causes it, ( way too much heat directly on my metal), what I
don’t know is exactly what I should be doing to prevent it. I thought
I needed to heat the entire piece in order before soldering. I have
changed to a larger tip to hopefully accomadate the size of my metal
and I thought I was using my torch in a circular motion to heat
before zeroing in on the soldering but I am still coming out with
firescale.
I talked with several jewelers and it was suggested to spray the
metal with pripps before soldering. My first thought behind all of
this was to make the pripps myself since it looks like I will be
using quite a bit of it. I went into the archives ( do you know how
many there actually are on pripps and firescale) and got the recipe,
whipped up a large quantity if it but have since found my pripps
solidified in my jar and is as solid as a rock.(obviously I did
something wrong here) so I will purchase it this next time and save
myself time and the hassle. Please help, who sells pripps and do any
of you have suggestions that will help me with my firescale problem?
thanking you all head of time…Karen