Hi, I'm new to this forum and engraving. I'm actually not an engraver yet, still saving for the equipment. That being said. I have purchased dead soft nickel, brass and copper sheet to cut out and over lay on bits and spurs ( which I'm learning to make right now) and whatever I can solder something to.
My first attempt was to solder a bronze brand to a stainless cup. And failed miserably. Long story short is I had to take it all off and do a lot of sanding to restore the cup to looking like stainless.
I'm curious about the steps for soldering and if you can do something in prep so you don't have to use pickle at the end or if pickle is a must. And also if you are overlaying onto standard 1018 metal, what kind of pickle to use.
Any info would be great, Thanks.
My first attempt was to solder a bronze brand to a stainless cup. And failed miserably. Long story short is I had to take it all off and do a lot of sanding to restore the cup to looking like stainless.
I'm curious about the steps for soldering and if you can do something in prep so you don't have to use pickle at the end or if pickle is a must. And also if you are overlaying onto standard 1018 metal, what kind of pickle to use.
Any info would be great, Thanks.