Glass Tips from Verrier

Information on stained glass, fusing, kilnforming and glass working

Showing posts with label solder beads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label solder beads. Show all posts
Thursday, 2 January 2025

White solder beads

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It is relatively common for questions about white deposits on the solder beads of copper foiled pieces to be raised. In reflecting on the c...
Wednesday, 8 September 2021

Soldering Iron Temperatures

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Why use higher temperatures for copper foil using 60/40 than lead came using 50/50 or 40/60? Melting temperatures Part of this ...
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Wednesday, 6 March 2019

Patina

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The successful application of patina to solder or zinc depends on an understanding of what patina is, how it works and the methods of ap...
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Wednesday, 11 April 2018

Foiling Space

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There are a lot of views on what amount of space is required between copper foiled glass pieces.   Some say the pieces should be tight, oth...
Wednesday, 27 January 2016

Does Wider Foil Give Greater Strength

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The strongest part of a stained glass panel, whether leaded or copper foiled, is the glass.  The weaker points are the matrix that holds...
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