Soldering Question?

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I know many of you use Staybright silver solder. Can this be found locally? Will any silver solder with a low melting point (400 degrees) work?

What about solder that is already fluxed?

Tip up or tip down?
 
Couple of quick answeres, I have not see the brand staybrite sold locally but can be ordered from alot of knife suppliers.

You can try others, this brand does seem to work well. They key is to have a good clean joint and be prepared to deal with a poor joint.

I have not seen silver solder with internal flux but it may exist, I am not sure how well this will flow into the joint but may be worth a try.

Tip up, place small pieces of solder around joint, heat from bottom. when solder starts to bubble remove heat and see if solder melts, if not apply heat and watch. It takes a couple of seconds for the heat to soak through the metal and reach the solder, if you keep the heat applied until the solder melts you will fry your flux and may ruin the joint.

I would suggest you order staybrite and save yourself the trouble of not knowing how well your solder and flux will preform, just on last variable.
 
DO NOT USE FLUX CORE SOLDER!!! You will just make a mess. Regular solid core plumbers solder and a good acid flux will work in a pinch or to practice with But I do suggest you use stay brite.
 
You can buy the Harris brand in a 1 or 2oz coil and it comes with flux. It does not sound like much, but it will last you awhile. I can mount alot of silver on a couple of pairs of spurs with this small coil. The coil is about 2 to 3 feet long. These kits can be purchased at any local AirGas welding supply.
 
Patrickknives said:
Couple of quick answeres, I have not see the brand staybrite sold locally but can be ordered from alot of knife suppliers.

You can try others, this brand does seem to work well. They key is to have a good clean joint and be prepared to deal with a poor joint.

I have not seen silver solder with internal flux but it may exist, I am not sure how well this will flow into the joint but may be worth a try.

Tip up, place small pieces of solder around joint, heat from bottom. when solder starts to bubble remove heat and see if solder melts, if not apply heat and watch. It takes a couple of seconds for the heat to soak through the metal and reach the solder, if you keep the heat applied until the solder melts you will fry your flux and may ruin the joint.

I would suggest you order staybrite and save yourself the trouble of not knowing how well your solder and flux will preform, just on last variable.
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I suspect that should read, when the FLUX starts to bubble
 
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