[TheForge] repairing silver

Thu Jan 10 12:52:34 2002

"Ray Baker" <[email protected]> writes: 

> My son has a couple of inexpensive silver chains from which the clasps broke
> off. Can these be soldered (silver solder) or is the heat requirement too
> high for an ordinary soldering iron? Will the plumbing 
> version of "silver
> solder" actually hold silver?

I have repaired jewelry (gold, and IIRC, silver) on occasion with silver solder (from Radio Shack, perhaps?) and a good quality soldering iron.

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