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1st side distorts (flattens) when 2nd side is soldered
Just finish soldering one side. Then when you solder the other side,
don't spend a long time on one area. Add a liitle solder at a time and then move on. come back and do the touch up once those pesky areas have cooled. If some solder melts through, continue on and then turn the panel over and pull off some of the huge solder clumps and do a touch up. No big deal. Practice getting your peices of glass cut so they fit better. Andy wrote: 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
Everyone seems to have the same opinion, practice, practice, practice. I
don't use some of the steps described and while soldering the 2nd side I still have an occasional melt through. With practice you will be able to easily fix these melt throughs. The worst part is when I forget about it and find it while washing the piece. Then it's back to the solder table and fix it. I guess that's an old age thing. :-) wrote in message oups.com... Just finish soldering one side. Then when you solder the other side, don't spend a long time on one area. Add a liitle solder at a time and then move on. come back and do the touch up once those pesky areas have cooled. If some solder melts through, continue on and then turn the panel over and pull off some of the huge solder clumps and do a touch up. No big deal. Practice getting your peices of glass cut so they fit better. Andy wrote: 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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