Originally Posted by
Dennis
Hi Hazel and welcome back. You have really answered your own questions:
As a piece gets bigger, you will need more heat or an easier solder to get the solder flowing.
You would have had a better time fixing on the ball with hard first and sweating the front with easy solder after.
Many of us skip medium silver solder as being difficult to use and if I have used easy extensively, I might even go on to extra easy next.
If your torch is not doing its thing after thirty or forty seconds, its best not to continue along that route, because you will get more firescale and risk damage to your piece. That is when you use a bigger torch, or two torches one in each hand, or easier solder. Dennis.
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