Will this work on braided leather cord that’s stiff or do you have another method for braided leather cord?

Thank you🤩❤️

Smart! I have this beautiful elephant stamping that is hollow in the back and I need more weight to it. I thought of using resin, but this is way smarter because I can attach the jump ring simultaneously. I dread every time I have to attach the jump ring. One should think they had legs to walk with, because they always seem to move just as I am about to solder them on.

Fun fact: bees were the symbol of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Beautiful! I can see this in a bigger version, in a red ribbon, hanging on the Christmas tree as well as a beautiful pendant. We have a tradition in my family that everyone, one time in their life, should gift all the others a Christmas ornament. One special ornament that will last for generations. When we decorate the Christmas tree, we have all these ornaments from people we love and cherish, some are dead and others still living, but they are with us in our hearts as we hang “their” ornament on the tree. I feel it is my time to gift the others with my special ornament, so they will know I am with them after I die, so maybe I should make this heart? ❤️

Gorgeous! So beautiful and that stamp was just perfect! Do you have any idea how to make solder drops/blobs/pearls and do you know why it does not work for me and other newbies? They just float out. As I see it, there are multiple factors that can make or break a drop: If I am not careful enough, but clash my soldering tip down hard, it will not create a drop. If I have a soldering iron that fluctuates in temperature or does not get warm enough, or is too hot, it can possibly make it hard to create a drop. My guess is that type of solder might have something to do with it? Can flux have something to do with it as well? Finally, can the temperature of the item I am adhering a drop to, be too hot? There are so many books and tutorials out there where they use soldering drops as a decorative element, but no one can tell us why it does not always work. I have a ceramic core adjustable soldering iron that can reach 500C, so it is more than hot enough. I can only access lead free or leaded solder wire with flux core, so I ended up with a solder wire identical to Silver gleem with 4% silver from AIM. So far I have not solved the problem but remembered reading that if temperature on the item you are soldering onto is too cold, you get solder blobs. So maybe I should start looking at that? Maybe my item is too hot? If you have any input to come with, it would be greatly appreciated!

Ok, I see I need a torch as well! Or can I use the one I use in the kitchen🧐? I just have to write about your perfect skin, perfect makeup and gorgeous eyelashes, but I do not want to sound like a crazy sleazy stalker. I am a mature lady myself, and I am probably a makeup/beauty nerd as much as a soft soldering nerd, so I love to see other mature ladies who evidently have found the well of youth!

Wow!! That blew my mind!! I have been pressing my rubber stamps until my knuckles turned blue and you just used a sponge and distilled water!? Why this video has not received thousands of views and likes is beyond me!! You are a gem and a treasure chest of knowledge beautiful lady! Thank you!! 😘

It makes sense that the solder will not stick to patina, as patina is “oxidation in a bottle” and we know what happens to the soldering iron when the tip is oxidized, the solder will not hang on to the tip. ….but even if I already knew about oxidation, you bet I would sit there and scratch my head wondering why the solder wouldn’t stick. 😂 So thank you, for maybe now I will remember it! 😘

Such a great idea! I have learned so much from your videos on soft soldering, I hope you will make more! 😘

I just found your precious channel. I love what your showing!!! Thank you so much. Im making my 1st lariat. Pearls, labradorite and aquamarine or topaz.

Use water

What are the name of the stamps to buy from Amazon

You are a gem! I appreciate your sweet personality & transparency. I’m a 70 year-old retired RN & have an Etsy shop as well; I make leather & pearl necklaces. I love learning new tips that you provide. Thank you for your channel. 🙏

Great , thank you for your informative tutorial .

Is your button metal or plastic ?

Do you have any tutorials on how to make a piece into a brooch? There is the one pin thingy one can use, or safety pins, but what is the best way to attach them? Soldering or glue? I could absolutely see this “A” as a brooch as well! It is beautiful!

Lovely!

Wow, both crocheting and soldering! I am impressed! Do you know if those brass stamps can be used to make patterns in the solder? Have you tried?

Have you tried using nylon stockings as a buffer to get a good shine at the very end? Not many know this, but used nylon stockings are the absolute best to shine up those leather shoes, they are used to get a good window shine as well, you can sharpen your knives with nylon stockings if you want them razor sharp and of course polish your gold, silver and tin! Thank you for teaching me, it is a beautiful pendant, just like you!

Tips for tips😂

Exactly what I was looking for - thank you!

Thank you for the tip, it worked absolutely wonderfully.

Great tutorial

You're an amazing instructor. Thanks so much!

It might not be sticking because some copper wire is coated, if you by raw copper wire & then tin it, it should stick & you won't need to use the emery board to rought it up, there is coated copper wire that is for wire wrapping only not soldering, that may be the case, I could be wrong to as I don't know what you've used , great channel😊

Hi thank you so much for your video. What soldering iron do you use? It seems quiet heavy duty. I’m onto my 4th iron and not working as well specially winter time.thanks

I bought some 4 mm (white) bolo cord that was so stiff when i pulled some off the spool, that it retained its coiled state, like curly hair that will not relax into a straight style. I read about dampening it and using a hair dryer, which I was planning to try, but then I thought about using the new clothes steamer that I just got after our 20-year old one bit the dust. I just ran the steamer head along the stiff cord and I could feel it relaxing so quickly. It was easy-peasy and it worked like a charm. I softened 5 lengths of cord that I had cut in about 10 minutes, and made 5 "girly" bolo ties, with silver filigree settings for 5 light blue and white cameo style cabochons with a bas relief design with hummingbirds and lilies (or some similarly shaped flower). Really nice cooler look for the hotter weather. If you have a blow gun hair dryer, no doubt that will work, but if you have a clothes steamer, it might go a little faster. Oh, and you can glue the bolo tips on as soon as the cord is relaxed, too. It will stay softened. My black bolo cord is made by a different maker, (brand name Tacool) and it was so supple when I first used it, it was already relaxed, but both the black and white cords are now supple, tightly braided and don't come unraveled, and they have a smooth surface and a pliable feel. Just what you ought to look for in bolo cords, as well as a low luster.

Thanks for your content, Does that patina work on steel ma'am?

Spot on! Just what I needed.

thats so pretty :)

Thats gorgeous!!!

Thank you!

Love this!! From one fellow pizon to another!! Creative Italians!!! Questions about the buttons you used, will the soldering hold on just metal? I have a few vintage buttons i would love to try this on!! Thanks for your tutorials!!!! Ciao

Thanks for this tip. Leather at hobby lobby comes wound on a piece of cardboard.

Is this silver wire you are using ? Or a copper wire ? Please let me know I’d like to try this. 🫶

Thanks so much!

Thank you! This is exactly what I needed. Something very different with solder, and you teach it so well. Love it!

How beautiful & colorful Maria! Thank you so much for sharing.

This is just so cute! Thank you for showing us how you did this!❤❤

That’s great, thank you ♥️🙋🏻‍♀️

So how do I sodder to my shoe. Don't think shoes were meant to spider to.

Great tutorial, thank you 🙏 Please just say solder correctly! It's infuriatingly distracting when it's pronounced sodder...🤯

Tried it out while still watching the video. Worked like a gem! Thank you so much!!!

I hope you're using lead free solder Edit: I just saw your other short. I'm glad you're being safe! ❤

Just use a mix of baking soda and peroxide and an old tooth brush. Takes it right off no damage. No heating necessary. Just did it.

Thank you!

I found you through Karen’s intuitive jewelry channel

Thank you. Great tutorial

Do you have a tutorial for the necklace you’re wearing in this video? Than you we enjoy your videos very much.