Soldering

[John L]

What are the different solders and their required fluxes for....say ...nickel silver, silver, brass and steel. Can you solder brass to steel, nickel silver to steel, silver to steel? Thanks.

 

[mete]

Soft solder for stainless steel requires a flux designed especially for stainless ,use a 95tin /5silver solder [400 F].You can solder different metals together and thse solders can be used without damaging the heat treatment of a blade.....Hard solder, properly called braze, melts at 800 F or more. Brazing alloys are chosen for temperature, metals to be brazed,color.