So...my latest piece of work:
Took me ages this, and I'm quite proud of it - even with the firestain!
This is a charity logo, and it's a charity very dear to my heart. It's a charity I could rave on and on about, but I'll spare you that much. I owe them so much - they've helped me in so many ways I can't even begin to do them justice. I've also learned alot doing this logo, which I turned into a brooch. I've plearned about etching which was new to me, and, although soldering itself is not new to me, soldering things on top of silver for added dimension was! I think it worked rather well having 4 different heights in there.
Thats the show off bit. Now the question. As you can see there is quite a lot of firestain around the letters, and still some around the figure above. Is there any way of avoiding this? Should I be using a certain kind of flux? I used Auflux. I've been comissioned to make more, and it may well lead to big things, so I want nice shiny silver, no stain!
I shall now go and finish my twisted necklace and await replies.
Ta in advance
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