02-10-2005, 06:33 AM
looks cool man. Now for the bad news?
that stuff is gonna flake off. Soldering irons are meant for melting solder into electrical wires, not for bonding metal to metal.
The reason your solder looks like that is because you had 401 degree molten solder on cold copper. As soon as it hits the cold copper, or you take the iron away, it cools down instantly. To get a metal to metal bond, you need both pieces of metal to be heated up. It\'s like using a soldering iron to try and solder the blades on, it would never work because it can\'t get the 2 metals hot enough.
Looks good man, just don\'t bump it, rub it, or even touch the solder or it\'ll probably come off.
all about the blowtorch man.
however, what you CAN do to achieve the exact effect you\'r\'e looking for given what you have to work with. I\'d rub the solder off, then \'sculpture\' epoxy onto the metal into the shape that you want. The epoxy will bond bigtime and when it\'s dry you can carefully paint it silver. I know I guy who did this and he made a really nice looking part 4 glove.
Good luck man, just remember, soldering irons are for electrical work, blow torches are for metal bonding.
peace.
that stuff is gonna flake off. Soldering irons are meant for melting solder into electrical wires, not for bonding metal to metal.
The reason your solder looks like that is because you had 401 degree molten solder on cold copper. As soon as it hits the cold copper, or you take the iron away, it cools down instantly. To get a metal to metal bond, you need both pieces of metal to be heated up. It\'s like using a soldering iron to try and solder the blades on, it would never work because it can\'t get the 2 metals hot enough.
Looks good man, just don\'t bump it, rub it, or even touch the solder or it\'ll probably come off.
all about the blowtorch man.
however, what you CAN do to achieve the exact effect you\'r\'e looking for given what you have to work with. I\'d rub the solder off, then \'sculpture\' epoxy onto the metal into the shape that you want. The epoxy will bond bigtime and when it\'s dry you can carefully paint it silver. I know I guy who did this and he made a really nice looking part 4 glove.
Good luck man, just remember, soldering irons are for electrical work, blow torches are for metal bonding.
peace.