Problem soldering 9ct gold

[Kimmee27]

I'm used to soldering fine silver and sterling silver stacking rings and I wanted to try some in 9ct gold.

I bought some 1mm 9ct wire and some 9ct soldering paste and it soldered very easily, however on the join it now looks slightly silver. I pickled the ring right after soldering it and polishes the ring but it's not made any difference.

Can anyone tell me what I did wrong please? TIA

[Dennis]

Obviously the colours don't match. Were you using hard, medium, or easy? When there is this problem, the harder solders match best.
Perhaps you should try pallions next. Dennis.

[mizgeorge]

I have no problems with 9ct paste, but you do need to be careful about how much you use - you really do need only just enough for the join, which should be pretty much invisible - on 1mm wire, you're talking about a pinhead amount.

You should be able to buff out the colour difference, but if you can't, try going for a brushed finish, which will disguise it nicely!

[Kimmee27]

Thanks so much Dennis and mizgeorge - think you hit the nail on the head, I used far too much paste - back to the drawing board. Am going to try pallions too :)

Thanks again, Kim