Hello

Im intrested in making ring solder fine silver, sterling silver cup onto ring, and  to able solder copper. (sterling, fine silver and copper)

Im bit confued to what best flux  for partilcer metal  high and low temp (kitchen hand torch).

can you help to what type of solder wires best for jewerelly making espcailly rings

 how many basic brands names was there for jewerelly making of solder and fluxes?

beginner

Gillian

I use Batterns self-pickling flux for most of my soldering and Handy Flux paste flux for the rest of it.

For ring shanks and most other ring parts I use sterling silver. Bezel wire is made of fine silver. I use fine silver round wire mostly for making chain.

I don't know of any specific brand names for solder as they are usually manufactured by precious metal suppliers, but there are two types, sheet and wire. As to which type of solder to use there are three basic scales of hard solder, hard, medium and easy. These refer to the temperature at which each solder melts.

Gillian,

If you are using a kitchen torch (creme brulee torch) you may not have enough heat to melt hard solder.  It might help to use a charcoal block to solder on.  This will hold some more heat for you.   Good luck.

In addition to sheet and wire solder, there is also paste solder which is nice for little spots like soldering a jump ring closed.

The little kitchen butane torches are adequate for hard solder. I have used them for simple rings and pendents and to ball the end of wire. The use of a charcoal block or ceramic soldering pad is highly recommended.

Yes, I should have said that you may have a difficult time with hard solder rather than saying you may not be able to do it.  It is do-able, especially on small rings.  The metal absorbs the heat, so the larger the piece is the more heat is absorbed by the metal.  This means there is less heat to melt your solder.  As long as you keep your work small, you should be fine.  I also use this torch for small work.  It's surprising how much you can do with one.  A simple plumbers' propane/mapp torch from the hardware store will do the trick if you find you need more heat.

On flux:  A lot of people make their own flux.  You can Googgle "Pripp's Flux" to find a recipe.  I found it pretty easy to make.  My-T-Flux, a commercial flux, is recommended for Argentium Sterling, but I don't know why or what's different about it.  I'd be interested if anyone knows.  Handy Flux, a paste, is also very popular for most work.