Hello Everyone!

I was hoping some one might have some advice for soldering the ring closed on these small bails. I'm fairly new and have been casting my own pendants, and these bails from Cooksongold are so small that when I go to solder them the bail breaks from the ring before the solder has a chance to melt and close the ring. I've tried being really careful and while I have been successful, it still fails about half the time. Does anyone have advice on a foolproof way of doing this? I was thinking of getting some thermogel and just slathering the bail, but I'm not sure if thats extreme.

Heres a picture of the exact bail for reference.

Thank you so much!

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