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cheesyxpickle@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Yeah I did not get to add the soldering part to the video… with a soldering iron, I use 60/40 (lead/tin) solder and go over the front, back, sides, then the back again and finish the front as smooth as possible.

On this piece you can see the solder work is black, that’s a patina that’s applied after roughing it up with some steel wool. There’s black and copper patina, or you can leave it silver.

After cleaning it all up, I finish with a microfibre cloth and some car wax to protect the piece and keep the dust off. I’ll see if I have any soldering clips I can upload.

It’s fun! With all art, sometimes projects get bumped for a commission or because I working on something new is more exciting haha… I am down to one glass project on the go right now… I can’t wait to share it!!

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