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Hi all, I have taken a commission for a gents wedding band, with a low bezel setting for the customer's own diamond to be set in - the only problem is I've not heard good things about soldering palladium - can anyone shed any light on this for me? Any hints & tips will be much appreciated.
Thanks, Jo
Its similar to gold but hotter you will need plenty of heat (water torch is ideal) you can use platinum solder but your better off with palladium solder
Thanks for the reply - I've heard that Flux should not be used?
with palladium solder no flux is needed
http://www.stuller.com/benchjeweler/...ng-techniques/
With a laser no solder is needed :D
From what I understand from our bench jewellers at work, it doesn't like overworking or too much reworking.....gets a bit brittle after several sizing a for example, so I'm told.
Sarah