This is my first post on this forum - hello!
I want to make 'silver' inlays in CZ121 brass by chemically etching the brass and infilling the etched image with some sort of silver solder. Obviously I can't use pure silver as the brass would melt first. I'm looking for an eye-catching contrast between the brass and silver.
I've tried using 'engineering' silver solder (Johnson Matthey Silver-flo 55) because I have the stuff. It works, but it's quite yellow and there isn't enough contrast with the brass.
It looks like jewelry grade silver solder might be what I need but I've not been able to find info on the colours of easy, medium, and hard solders. Maybe they're all OK - I just don't have any experience with these alloys.
I have also tried 95/5 tin/silver solder, but it doesn't seem to polish up so well as silver.
Any advice would be welcome.
Bob.