Solder inhibitor

[caroleallen]

I'm in the process of making my locket and realise I haven't got any tippex. Is there anything else I can use that I might have hanging about?

[mizgeorge]

After a tip here, I now use rouge powder mixed with meths, and it works beautifully

[Ominicci]

Ooh LOCKET? I have a couple of locket designs sat on my bench, but I need to practice hinges first!

[caroleallen]

Well I've given up on the hinge and resorted to using a swivelling rivet (if that's the correct term). I've spent all day on the b....... thing and only just stopped at 10.45. The hinge was so tiny that I couldn't get it to solder in the right places. Now I know why so few people make lockets. I'm not charging anywhere near enough for it to cover the hours and frustration involved.

[mizgeorge]

I do lots of clamshell pendants (just two nice big domed discs with stuff hanging in the middle) which seem very popular, and are a bit more tactile than conventional lockets - as well as being SO much easier

[caroleallen]

That sounds interesting George. What sort of things hang from the middle and how do you hang them?

[tjaysilver]

Does that work in the same way as rouge powder never heard of using tipex before?

[MuranoSilver]

Quite a few people use tippex (it stops the solder flowing to where you don't want it)
nic x