Why Do I Keep Melting My Silver Project?

This video is specifically for beginning silversmiths who are having trouble with melting projects accidentally. It provides 5 specific reasons that could be the problem as well as solutions. It also provides a few tips for using your torch more efficiently and effectively. If you find it helpful or interesting, please give it a like! If you'd like to see more useful videos like this, please subscribe to my channel:). It would be great if you would share this with others who might find it useful. Ring the bell so you get notifications when I upload a new video.
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[@woodndrum303]

Lots of great info I wish I knew three years back! You’re brave trying to reproduce a problem, very hard to do on demand. Really good idea for a video, and a big help for those starting out. Thanks

[@chadssilversmithing]

Sure Keith!

[@Treefeller123]

Hey Chad, I have been watching quite a few of your videos and find them to be very helpful. You have answered quite a few of the questions that i been wondering about. I greatly appreciate that you have taken the time to make all of these videos and hope you will continue.You have taken some of the mystery out of soldering for me. Thanks so much!

[@chadssilversmithing]

You’re welcome Treefeller123. I’m glad that you find these useful!Thanks for watching and commenting:)

[@justinemajewelry7908]

Thanks a lot Chad. I had some problems melting the solder recently, and will follow your instructions carefully next time.

[@chadssilversmithing]

You’re welcome Justine! I’m glad I could help:)

[@sandragravesande8657]

Thank you…this was really helpful to me - cheers. Sandra

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thank you for watching Sandra! It makes me happy when these help someone:)

[@fredfeaver5872]

Great advise , Thanks

[@chadssilversmithing]

You are welcome Fred! Thank you for watching my channel:)

[@patredden4557]

Great information, thanks.

[@chadssilversmithing]

You’re welcome Pat!

[@mariettagilway6637]

Hi Chad, thank you for the video and time you spend in doing it for all of us. Yes ,I have a question if you can. Is it a preference or is there a reason some use wire solder chips or sheet chips. I have been using wire solder chips and am finding sometimes it leaves a splotch that I can't clean off or covers up some of my texture. Like trying to solder a wire onto a flat surface. Maybe this would be a new video for all of us. PS- I tried the My-T-Flux in the spray and I'm hoping it works better in the Pick soldering way with the sheet. ( I'm waiting for my Rio order ) You are very informative, helpful and inspiring for me as I'm sure you are for others also, THANK YOU for taking the time to help all of us.

[@chadssilversmithing]

You’re welcome Marietta. My preference is sheet solder, as it doesn’t roll around. The question of wire solder vs sheet solder is largely a preference, but I feel like using sheet offers some advantages. Did you watch my pick soldering video? I think I addressed some of those advantages in there, but I will review it to see if I explained things well enough in there. If not, I’ll try to make a video explaining those things better. Thank you for watching, and your nice comments!

[@tammiehonican76]

This video was very helpful and informative. I spent all day trying to teach myself how to solder with no luck. I've been watching other videos with disastrous results. It says there is flux in the solder, but should i still flux ? It just burns up. So I will be buying the sheet solder from now on. I've been trying to solder copper and was wondering if copper is harder to solder than silver or no difference. Well it's a new day and with your video I will start all over again. I will not be defeated!🤗 Thanks for the video, very enlightening!

[@chadssilversmithing]

Sure Tammie! Good luck. They do now make a copper solder that won’t leave bright silver seams:). You might try that out, but you can solder copper and brass just fine with silver solder:)

[@chadssilversmithing]

Sure Tammie! Good luck. They do now make a copper solder that won’t leave bright silver seams:). You might try that out, but you can solder copper and brass just fine with silver solder:)

[@tammiehonican76]

@@chadssilversmithing I have to tell you that your video about soldering did the trick. I tried all day Saturday to solder some jump rings and couldn't get it. After watching your video I was able to solder some bangles! So thank you again! It's worth a cup of coffee ☕️!

[@chadssilversmithing]

@@tammiehonican76 I’m glad Tammie. Thanks for the coffee!

[@sherrymessinger3537]

Hi Chad thanks for your advice, I like style . I was wondering if my solder isn't flowing after a while do I need. To clean the peace and start over ???

[@chadssilversmithing]

Hello Sherry! Good question. It generally never hurts to reflux something, and if you been heating it up for a while trying to get your solder to flow, it likely did oxidize more. From my experience, people learning to do this tend to be extra cautious of melting their piece, and so do not turn their torch up enough, making it so their piece never reaches the temperature it needs to be to cause your solder to melt. Typically, if it's taking longer than, say, 40 seconds, your torch is not turned up high enough, or the flame is too far away, or the whole piece isn't being heated evenly. It's hard to know without watching what is going on, but those are the usual suspects:). Hope this helps!