Love you! You are so positive. I have a smile on my face the whole time I am watching. Just starting out soldering and so happy I found your videos. You are absolutely adorable!
Delightful! I once bought a brooch made from discarded rhinestone jewelry pieces soldered onto a filigree flat pice of metal. It was about $45 and worth every penny.
Awwww!!! So happy you liked it!!!! I am so excited myself!!! So many possibilities! So much easier to layout and handle pieces!!! Cant wait to make more! Thank you so much for your sweet comment! :)))))
You are so welcome!!! I am so happy you found it useful! It's so inexpensive! And we can arrange beautiful compositions using floral foam! I am so excited to experiment! :)
Yes!!!! So exciting. I will be trying this as well. Just been having some issues with my solder not sticking to my iron. I have the same iron as you and it was working great. Now projects are taking forever because the solder doesn't wanna stick. I just saw a post that mentioned tip tinner so I will be buying that. Thanks for the awesome video. I laughed out loud when you said "hello" about the piece. 😂😂. I enjoyed this video so much, thanks.
hahahah! I know! I was so excited when filming! lol Re the tip, are you conditioning it with solder when done working every time? Just wanted to make sure lol Also, our soldering station does have rosin flux in it. So technically we are conditioning the tip as we are cleaning it. Please let me know :) and I will try to help. If I dont respond to this comment thread please start a new one or dm on IG and I will help. I know how frustrating it is! So let's troubleshoot together❤️ Hugs!
Lol....I just picked up some floral foam for the purpose of holding my bail parts in place next to my piece!! Haven't got to try it yet, but this is exciting!🎉❤😊
Oooooo.....this is a game changer! I love it so much! And your crystal piece is beautiful 😍! I have seen people use playdough like this as well, but again, I haven't tried it. I love that you can move the the foam while you're working too. Thanks for sharing ✨🙏✨💖🥰 Oh, I was just going to add that I never used to have an issue with my tips getting oxidized and not picking up solder,....but I was using a rosin core solder and a lower temp iron. When I switched to Silvergleem and an adjustable temp soldering iron, everything was going great, until I got to about fifty pieces done. Then, even though my iron was getting cleaned regularly ( I usually clean and tip my iron while I work), I noticed I was having a harder and harder time getting my iron to pick up solder and it was nearly impossible to tin it. I did get it done, but was hesitant to use it again. Anyway, I decided to try some of the rosin core solder to test out stamping the solder, and suddenly my tip was tinning great, like it used too. I don't use the rosin core anymore because the rosin leaves a mess on my pieces that is really hard to clean off, but it got me thinking. Rosin acts like a flux for the solder, so it was helping tin my tip. I don't want the mess of it, so I got a lead free tip tinner. They are cheap on Amazon, and it solved my problem. Now when I solder, I clean my tip regularly, but can also roll my tip in the tip tinner for a few seconds and everything works perfectly. I can use it just as I shut down and before coating my tip with solder before storing it. It works like magic. Anyway, I hope this helps. It was a game changer for me.
I believe that the type of metal backing could be why certain metal backed rinestones/ crystals work and others don't. Soft solder should stick to silver, brass, copper or tinned metals that have no coating. I've heard metal alloys ,like a lot of charms are made out of, does not work well with solder. So maybe the ones that are working are silver plated? It would be interesting to see how it works on brass backed ones.
Thank you so much! I am planning to film a video on how to care for your soldering iron and how to make solder stick, so this is very useful data. I am suspecting I dont have this issue because my soldering iron came with tip cleaning station with rosin flux. So this confirms the theory :) HUGS!!!
Oh my goodness! Thank you for sharing this tip! This is whole new level. I love the pieces you created. They look amazing! I look forward to seeing what else you create with this method.
Thank you!!! So happy to discover this! I made a couple of videos and currently editing them. I am trying to stick to consistently post every Sunday so you guys can relax and enjoy! (hopefully lol) Sending you hugs! Always very grateful for your support!🥰
12:00 those super duper cheap brushes that come in the 99 cent watercolor sets always seem to be lying around and they make the perfect tiny flux brushes for me.
Thank you! This is the realization I had when working with these :) I do need tinier brushes! Def going to be heading to 99 store for these - thank you so much! :)
@madebylamodernique your welcom Im new to jewelry making You got me into soldering Ive taken that into different areas I appreciate people like you showing what you got and new things Ill be trying the foam for sure You do beautiful work 👍🥰
Love these ideas! Could you please show what brand of gems that work so i can try this? So much wasted money in the trial and error. I am super excited too!
I will! I m trying to find that specific metal they are using for casing/setting. So when you guys buy you would know what would work without solder. This rhinestone trim from amz def work. I will add a link to a description, I forgot lol. amzn.to/3SLK1WX I will get some larger ones off amazon and will test. And will add a link once I know they stick without copper tape:)
Hi!! You might need to scrape the solder with the tip to get it going in back and forth motion. If that does not help, coating a tip w rosin flux should help. If that does not help, it is possible your soldering iron is oxidized. Are you conditioning your the tip with solder after you are done soldering? :) It will coat the tip and will prevent it from rust. Please let me know if these help!❤️
Hi Eugenia, thank you so much for sharing all your knowledge, experiences, and your special advices. I want to ask you something is really important for me. Are you happy with the durability of lead-free solder? In your designs are there any color changes? I will create body pieces of jewellery and jeweled tops with rhinestones. Do you have any advice for me? Thank you so much for everything!
Hi! So glad you like it! So the ring I make are very very very sturdy, and I wear them daily. However, for body jewelry, be careful with jump rings. They tend to be the weakest part when soldering. So if you can work around them would ideas. Body jewelry will have more tension so the linked parts have to be sturdy. I hope this helps! 🫶
I think it's rather residue from a copper tape. It might be happening from overheating of a soldering iron. Try lowering the temperature and to get rid of the that "oil" just scrub your pieces with soap and water. I hope this helps! Let me know!❤️
Yes! You can combine two methods! I just did a couple of rings using copper tape and green foam method, and was able to attach tiny delicate rhinestones. It's so easy using the foam!
You just have to be careful and wear a mask as we do anyway :) I know clean up can be annoying but it's so worth it as your pieces stay intact and it makes it easy to solder and speeds up the process :)
Love you! You are so positive. I have a smile on my face the whole time I am watching. Just starting out soldering and so happy I found your videos. You are absolutely adorable!
Awwww!❤️❤️❤️❤️ Thank you so much! I love you too!! This makes me so happy! Please let me know if you have any questions and i ll be happy to help! :)
Delightful! I once bought a brooch made from discarded rhinestone jewelry pieces soldered onto a filigree flat pice of metal. It was about $45 and worth every penny.
You’re so resourceful!!! You buy weird things for weird reasons that don’t initially make sense, just like me!!! ❤❤❤❤😊😊
This is so AWESOME!!! thank you for teaching us so much!! We get to learn with you 😊❤️🙏
Awwww!!! So happy you liked it!!!! I am so excited myself!!! So many possibilities! So much easier to layout and handle pieces!!! Cant wait to make more! Thank you so much for your sweet comment! :)))))
Thank you so much for sharing such a unique idea. Nice tips along the way too!
You are so welcome!!! I am so happy you found it useful! It's so inexpensive! And we can arrange beautiful compositions using floral foam! I am so excited to experiment! :)
hi girl i am from Norwalk I have been to the LA garment district great place.😎
Your thrill for creating and discovery is infectious!
Awww! Thank you so much for noticing that! I am very passionate about creating stuff!! So happy that it inspires you!!! That's my dream! :)
Loved it. Kathy from Cali.😎
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Can you make a video on how to solder to stainless steel? Like add to a bracelet, watch or ring?
Yes!!!! So exciting. I will be trying this as well. Just been having some issues with my solder not sticking to my iron. I have the same iron as you and it was working great. Now projects are taking forever because the solder doesn't wanna stick. I just saw a post that mentioned tip tinner so I will be buying that.
Thanks for the awesome video. I laughed out loud when you said "hello" about the piece. 😂😂. I enjoyed this video so much, thanks.
hahahah! I know! I was so excited when filming! lol Re the tip, are you conditioning it with solder when done working every time? Just wanted to make sure lol Also, our soldering station does have rosin flux in it. So technically we are conditioning the tip as we are cleaning it. Please let me know :) and I will try to help. If I dont respond to this comment thread please start a new one or dm on IG and I will help. I know how frustrating it is! So let's troubleshoot together❤️ Hugs!
so fantastic, such an amazing video with so many wonderful tips ☺☺☺
Thank you so much! You are sweet! Thank you for always being so sweet and commenting! :))
Thank you 🌸
You’re so welcome 😊!!
Lol....I just picked up some floral foam for the purpose of holding my bail parts in place next to my piece!! Haven't got to try it yet, but this is exciting!🎉❤😊
Oooooo.....this is a game changer! I love it so much! And your crystal piece is beautiful 😍!
I have seen people use playdough like this as well, but again, I haven't tried it.
I love that you can move the the foam while you're working too. Thanks for sharing ✨🙏✨💖🥰
Oh, I was just going to add that I never used to have an issue with my tips getting oxidized and not picking up solder,....but I was using a rosin core solder and a lower temp iron. When I switched to Silvergleem and an adjustable temp soldering iron, everything was going great, until I got to about fifty pieces done. Then, even though my iron was getting cleaned regularly ( I usually clean and tip my iron while I work), I noticed I was having a harder and harder time getting my iron to pick up solder and it was nearly impossible to tin it. I did get it done, but was hesitant to use it again. Anyway, I decided to try some of the rosin core solder to test out stamping the solder, and suddenly my tip was tinning great, like it used too.
I don't use the rosin core anymore because the rosin leaves a mess on my pieces that is really hard to clean off, but it got me thinking. Rosin acts like a flux for the solder, so it was helping tin my tip. I don't want the mess of it, so I got a lead free tip tinner. They are cheap on Amazon, and it solved my problem. Now when I solder, I clean my tip regularly, but can also roll my tip in the tip tinner for a few seconds and everything works perfectly. I can use it just as I shut down and before coating my tip with solder before storing it. It works like magic. Anyway, I hope this helps. It was a game changer for me.
I believe that the type of metal backing could be why certain metal backed rinestones/ crystals work and others don't. Soft solder should stick to silver, brass, copper or tinned metals that have no coating. I've heard metal alloys ,like a lot of charms are made out of, does not work well with solder. So maybe the ones that are working are silver plated? It would be interesting to see how it works on brass backed ones.
Lol,... I'm so happy to see you excited! It's awesome to be so excited about what we make,... I love it when that happens.✨🥰✨
@@kjirstenboucher9682exact same thing happening to me. Thanks for the tip tinner advice. I was getting so frustrated and my iron is pretty new.
Thank you so much! I am planning to film a video on how to care for your soldering iron and how to make solder stick, so this is very useful data. I am suspecting I dont have this issue because my soldering iron came with tip cleaning station with rosin flux. So this confirms the theory :) HUGS!!!
So excited, I love your discovery. I learn so much from your video's and now another exciting thing to try.
Ayayayya!!! Thank you!!!! I am so happy! :)
Oh my goodness! Thank you for sharing this tip! This is whole new level. I love the pieces you created. They look amazing! I look forward to seeing what else you create with this method.
Thank you!!! So happy to discover this! I made a couple of videos and currently editing them. I am trying to stick to consistently post every Sunday so you guys can relax and enjoy! (hopefully lol) Sending you hugs! Always very grateful for your support!🥰
I'm truly inspired by your willingness to experiment. Have you found any pieces that won't solder this way?
12:00 those super duper cheap brushes that come in the 99 cent watercolor sets always seem to be lying around and they make the perfect tiny flux brushes for me.
Thank you! This is the realization I had when working with these :) I do need tinier brushes! Def going to be heading to 99 store for these - thank you so much! :)
you do it very well!❤❤❤
Aww! Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
AAAAAA this is so so cool and exciting!!!! cant wait to try it
Yayay! So excited for you to try!! :)
Fantastic thank you❣️
Awww! Thank you so much! So glad you liked it!!!
Love this idea. Thank you
Love your videos!!!!❤
Awesome!
Thank you! So glad you liked it!! 🥰
Thanks
Thank you! :)🥰
@madebylamodernique your welcom
Im new to jewelry making
You got me into soldering
Ive taken that into different areas
I appreciate people like you showing what you got and new things
Ill be trying the foam for sure
You do beautiful work 👍🥰
Yay!! I am so happy!! Soldering is so fun! and so rewarding! I am so happy!! :) You are so sweet!! You made me so happy!
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Yay! Thank you!❤️
Love these ideas! Could you please show what brand of gems that work so i can try this? So much wasted money in the trial and error. I am super excited too!
I will! I m trying to find that specific metal they are using for casing/setting. So when you guys buy you would know what would work without solder. This rhinestone trim from amz def work. I will add a link to a description, I forgot lol. amzn.to/3SLK1WX I will get some larger ones off amazon and will test. And will add a link once I know they stick without copper tape:)
So much fun!!! I appreciate your open heart and creativeness and excitement!
Hahaha! I love this stuff so much! And I am so happy I am able to inspire you guys! Creativity is so important! Hugs!!🥰
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Thank you!❤️
Love it! Why my solder is not running on the tip of my soldering iron like yours??? I can't even solder a bail for my pendant😢
Hi!! You might need to scrape the solder with the tip to get it going in back and forth motion. If that does not help, coating a tip w rosin flux should help. If that does not help, it is possible your soldering iron is oxidized. Are you conditioning your the tip with solder after you are done soldering? :) It will coat the tip and will prevent it from rust. Please let me know if these help!❤️
Thanks! It's a brand new one but I will make sure I scrap it more often ...I will try your tips for my tip😅 thanks!!!!
ok! Please let me know! We figure it out together!! :)
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Hi Eugenia, thank you so much for sharing all your knowledge, experiences, and your special advices. I want to ask you something is really important for me. Are you happy with the durability of lead-free solder? In your designs are there any color changes? I will create body pieces of jewellery and jeweled tops with rhinestones. Do you have any advice for me? Thank you so much for everything!
Hi! So glad you like it! So the ring I make are very very very sturdy, and I wear them daily. However, for body jewelry, be careful with jump rings. They tend to be the weakest part when soldering. So if you can work around them would ideas. Body jewelry will have more tension so the linked parts have to be sturdy. I hope this helps! 🫶
And they don’t change color even after wearing them daily and washing my hands in them all the time :)
Does solder stick to 925 or sterling silver rings?
Hi! As far as my experience it doesnt, but with use of copper tape it would! So as long as you wrap a part of the ring with copper it would!❤️
How do you clean the flux?
Hi! with soap and water :)
when i solder there is oil on the tip too and i hste it beucaıse when i finish the solder there is sticky texture how can i fix this?? please helpp
I think it's rather residue from a copper tape. It might be happening from overheating of a soldering iron. Try lowering the temperature and to get rid of the that "oil" just scrub your pieces with soap and water. I hope this helps! Let me know!❤️
thank you so muchhhh love ypur work i will let you knoww@@eugeniaedits
Are you using green sponge with copper tape too ?
Yes! You can combine two methods! I just did a couple of rings using copper tape and green foam method, and was able to attach tiny delicate rhinestones. It's so easy using the foam!
This is just inspiring ❤
When I used this it created lots of green dust and contained my work space.
You just have to be careful and wear a mask as we do anyway :) I know clean up can be annoying but it's so worth it as your pieces stay intact and it makes it easy to solder and speeds up the process :)
And you don't have the best solderer
I do
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Hahaha! What brand do you use? :)
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Hahaha! :)