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    Default Green smoke when soldering with sterling silver

    Hi everyone.

    I'm new in here and still learning how to solder. I solder in sterling silver, but have some problems I would like some help with. I just want to let you know that I'm from Denmark. If there is something I'm writing that doesn't make sense, please let me know and i'll explain it in a different way

    First of all, I started out soldering with plated silver, which I found out was a bad idea (the jewelry got a nasty black/brown colour.. we all know why) but the part where I soldered it together was looking good.
    So I brought sterling silver and start soldering.

    The first problem I got was that the torch set the silver alight which makes a green smoke and a nasty smell.
    The second problem I have is the place where I solder doesn't look very nice. I have to do a lot of polishing which doesn't even help that much - it still looks very homemade - maybe too homemade for my state. When I used plated silver the place looked very nice. I have tried to experiment with the different settings on my torch but I still can't make it look good.

    I would like to know what causes these problems and how to solve them. Any suggestions and tips more than are welcome!

    Kind regards
    Bine
    Last edited by Bine; 12-05-2014 at 09:59 AM.

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