How To Make Gold Soldering Flux

In previous videos we compared different types of commercial flux but did you know its possible to make a simple and effective flux at home.

How to make gold soldering flux. Set it onto a soldering block and apply heat to a spot in the center. And you place it on your third hand and were ready to solder. Flux for soldering with your own hands can be done if you know the characteristics of the connection of different materials by heat treatment.

If you touch the gold coat it again. This makes the separation of slag from precious metal quicker. As it dries a powdery looking coating forms over the gold-filled piece.

Since Gold smelting flux is made up of chemical substances they can serve as catalysts to speed up the selective oxidation process. Take your formed ring to your soldering area and coat well with flux on both sides- use a soldering pick or tweezers to flip the ring. Add your solvent start with a small amount and keep adding until you are happy with the way your flux behaves.

Cut a piece of copper a couple inches square clean it and coat it with flux. Then holding the gold in place on a soldering block with copper tongs apply a small amount of flux to the gold. To solder gold first youll need to get some gold solder and a precision torch.

I dip the whole piece in that remove with tongs and let it dry before I heat it. Then rinse with water to remove the acid. I make a flux of boric acid and denatured alcohol that I mix and keep in a sealed jar.

Without the use of Gold smelting flux the flow of molten precious metal to the bottom is sluggish. How to Solder Silver or Gold with Solder Paste Strip and Wire demo HD. Measure and weigh 5 oz.