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10th March 2022, 06:30 AM
We are a custom lighting and metalwork manufacturer. We solder galvanized steel all of the time and are quite comfortable working with it.
However, occasionally we have a need to powder coat our fixtures, but with the oven temp (~400F) at about the same as the melting point of our typical 50/50 solder, we usually have to rivet instead.
We know that silver solder has a much higher melting point and that's been recommended, but we're not sure whether easy, med, hard is most appropriate and/or if there's something else that's better for steel.
Any thoughts or guidance? Thanks
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However, occasionally we have a need to powder coat our fixtures, but with the oven temp (~400F) at about the same as the melting point of our typical 50/50 solder, we usually have to rivet instead.
We know that silver solder has a much higher melting point and that's been recommended, but we're not sure whether easy, med, hard is most appropriate and/or if there's something else that's better for steel.
Any thoughts or guidance? Thanks
Read the full thread at metalworkforums.com... (https://metalworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=207859&goto=newpost)