[modeleng] Re: Silver Solder for Stainless

Harry Wade wrote:

 > Most of the silver solders we use for boiler
> building and misc assembly have a faint but distinct
> yellowish caste which will stand out aginst SS like a
> badly beaten thumb, which is what I want to avoid. 

Harry,  that yellowish cast is due to cadmium, most likely. 
  You probably just need some cad free silver solder which 
has a good match to stainless.  Apparently, 57% silver 
bearing solder matches better than the 45% we usually use 
for boilers.

http://www.castolin.com/wCastolin_com/products/brazing/cadfree.php

Also, Handy and Harmon's brazing book is a good place to 
look for silver solder data.  Trouble is, I don't know where 
or how to get some of the types advertised.

http://www.handyharmancanada.com/TheBrazingBook/bbook.htm

Regards,

JerryK
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