Silvercrow
18-03-2014, 08:03 AM
I recently purchased some white gold from cooksons to make an engagement ring. I have used gold several times so am not new to this. The wire was 2mm round. I annealed it to bend it I then proceeded to solder it. The second time of heating to solder a top piece the gold fractured almost at every point possible.
I could understand if I over heated or something or too many times, but I didn't.
I noticed before beginning that the metal was different to the last piece I had. There was sort of a shiney mottled layer, similar to when you begin to reticulate silver. I do have a photo of before heating but not to hand.
I just wanted to know if anyone else has had this problem? I thought it might have been down to cooling down too quickly - I did not quench I did leave to cool on its own.
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I could understand if I over heated or something or too many times, but I didn't.
I noticed before beginning that the metal was different to the last piece I had. There was sort of a shiney mottled layer, similar to when you begin to reticulate silver. I do have a photo of before heating but not to hand.
I just wanted to know if anyone else has had this problem? I thought it might have been down to cooling down too quickly - I did not quench I did leave to cool on its own.
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