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1st side distorts (flattens) when 2nd side is soldered
When soldering the 2nd side of a foiled stained glass piece, it appears
that the nice rounded solder bead on the 1st side gets distorted (flattened) because it is heated from the heat of soldering the 2nd side and the 1st side is resting on a flat surface. How can this be avoided? |
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1st side distorts (flattens) when 2nd side is soldered
if you are using a reostat on your iron turn it down some, move around
to a different area dont stay in the same area to long, speed it up dont move to slow you can always come back to do a little touch up, its normal to get sag on back side sometime |
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1st side distorts (flattens) when 2nd side is soldered
does that mean that you should do the "good side" last? I'm afraid
that touching up a side that has sagged might result in a less acceptable result. |
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1st side distorts (flattens) when 2nd side is soldered
wrote in message oups.com... When soldering the 2nd side of a foiled stained glass piece, it appears that the nice rounded solder bead on the 1st side gets distorted (flattened) because it is heated from the heat of soldering the 2nd side and the 1st side is resting on a flat surface. How can this be avoided? What kind (brand and %) solder and flux are you using? What kind of an iron? How closely fit-up is the panel? (Big gaps, no gaps?) Is your foil new (not oxidized?) |
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1st side distorts (flattens) when 2nd side is soldered
60/40 with liquid flux. Weller 100W. I am about to solder a octogan
clock project. My concern is from my first attempt. I have not started to solder this clock (20 pieces), but I have a grinder now, so most of the gaps are nearly 0 or very narrow. There are 3 areas that have a partial edge that have about a 0.10 inch wide gap. Sounds wide, but they are such a small percentage, that I hope that does not have to be redone. |
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1st side distorts (flattens) when 2nd side is soldered
Here are some photos of the area I am concerned with:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...rsolder002.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...rsolder003.jpg This shows the entire layup: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...rsolder005.jpg |
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1st side distorts (flattens) when 2nd side is soldered
wrote in message oups.com... 60/40 with liquid flux. Weller 100W. I am about to solder a octogan clock project. My concern is from my first attempt. I have not started to solder this clock (20 pieces), but I have a grinder now, so most of the gaps are nearly 0 or very narrow. There are 3 areas that have a partial edge that have about a 0.10 inch wide gap. Sounds wide, but they are such a small percentage, that I hope that does not have to be redone. Speed and feed will determine how /if solder drops thru. How fast you feed the solder to the tip and how fast you move the iron along the foil seem, with practice you will reach a point where the solder is melting down to the hot foil at the same rate you are feeding it to the iron. At that point the solder will stop dropping THROUGH the panel, and solder TO the panel, just takes practice, and move a little quicker than you have been. DO not connect to a rheostat with that iron, just practice, it will happen faster that way. |
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1st side distorts (flattens) when 2nd side is soldered
Thanks for all your suggestions, Adrian. Yes, it is one of my first.
In fact, if you discount the practice tests that I did do on some window glass, it is my first with real stained glass. I did a sloppy butterfly with window glass. I may do some more practice with some window glass before I tackle this. I was thinking of using the approach you suggest of tacking the front first and completing the back before finishing the front. I'll let you know how I make out. I hope I don't have to "plug" the gaps. At least I'll start without plugging them to see how they turn out. |
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