Finishing Copper Foil Edges
by BOYD
I just had a question about your tutorial on edging copper foil projects. i.e. beading,chaining,framing etc. my question is about a piece being framed in wood. you said that one framed in wood only need to be tinned? what exactly is that? is it the same as beading? thank you for your time. Answer Most ready made frames, made specifically for stained glass, have a slot that the glass slides into. If there is a bead of solder on the edges, those edges become too thick to slide in the slot. Therefore you tin the edges rather than beading them. To tin, you flux the foil and just run your soldering iron along all three surfaces of each edge causing the foil to turn silver. In other words it's only enough solder to make the foil look silver, not enough to form a bead. |
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