Hello,
I am new to the Orchid fourms, hopefully I am going about this the
right way.
While I am not a jeweler I do employ a lot of jewelry techniques. I
have been making some chandelier parts for a design that require
soldering an 1/8"round stainless rod into a 3/8" round stainless
rod. I have no problem soldering the pieces together with 56% silver
solder using handy flux or blackflux (boron modified). My problem is
that I cannot figure out how to pickle it off. I was hoping someone
on these forums would have a good solution. I tried vinegar and
vinegar with hydrogen peroxide but neither worked. I have not tried
my usual sulfuric thinking the iron in the stainless would cause
plating to occur. If these pieces could be soldered and pickled I
would be able to cut out all the time I spend sanding off the flux
and repolishing.
Thank you for any info,
Eric Cuper
Cuper Studios LLC