Check it out! Front row seat to watch me solder sterling silver jump rings onto my charms! Wow I’m such a piro ;)
If you’re new to soldering, or you’ve never even tried it… you have GOT to give it a whirl! My jewelry sales jumped TREMENDOUSLY the moment I got brave enough to light a torch! It was truly unbelievable! I explain all the tools I started with at the beginning of my soldering journey in my FREE Soldering Report! Sign up and I’ll send you my Soldering Report for free, no charge, no catch… just some awesome info that I think you’ll find very helpful!
Have you started soldering yet? If so, have you seen a change in your business? If not, what’s holding you back from this adventure?
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5 Comments
Kati
Hi Laura,
Back in high school I took a few classes and learned to make jewelry. I then went on to college and majored in Photography and have had a very dry spell with work. I have now decided to start making some very plain and simple jewelry pieces and hope to sell them around my home in upstate New York.
I plan to solder sterling silver and gold and was wondering what my best bet is for building a solder station. I live between NYC and upstate and was hoping you could recommend a kit or list of things I need.
It would be such a great help! I really enjoyed watching your video, it brought me back to high school.
Ps. I attached my photography website.
Thanks!
Kati
Hi Laura,
Back in high school I took a few classes and learned to make jewelry. I then went on to college and majored in Photography and have had a very dry spell with work. I have now decided to start making some very plain and simple jewelry pieces and hope to sell them around my home in upstate New York.
I plan to solder sterling silver and gold and was wondering what my best bet is for building a solder station. I live between NYC and upstate and was hoping you could recommend a kit or list of things I need.
It would be such a great help! I really enjoyed watching your video, it brought me back to high school.
Thanks!
Bella
Hi there, i am having problems trying to figure out where to buy sterling silver solder from, I am assuming i shouldn’t be using just plain silver color solder on my sterling ans plated silver jewelry???
Any ideas??
laura
HI Jeanne- It’s so great to have you here! Yes, you’ll need a room that has some ventilation… I normally open a window in the warmer months, and keep a fan oscillating while I solder in the cold months. Some folks choose to wear safety goggles… I find they get in my way, so I don’t use them, but that is a safety call that you’ll have to make :)
In my soldering report you’ll find a list of all of the tools and supplies you’ll need to get started soldering with a torch. Most are pretty inexpensive and rather easy to get ahold of – I ordered most of them online. Good luck with your soldering! Send me some pics of some of your work! I’d love to see it!
Jeanne
I have not started to solder yet, but I have been wanting to close jump rings like that in your video. I have a cordless soldering iron kit and not anything else. I know I’m missing equipment. But it looks like I need a torch for that type of soldering, not an iron. See, us total newbies don’t know the first thing to soldering… a list of supplies needed, a list of tools needed, environmental conditions that should be present (ventilaion? just what is the definition of “good ventilation?”), safety gear… the whole gamut. I signed up for your newsletter and I look forward to reading your soldering report so I can get started!!