Rescuing a Very Used Magnesia Soldering Block

by Judy Larson

If you've used your soldering block for a while, it's likely gotten gouged and scratched. Here's a simple way to renew it!

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After a winter of HARD use, one of my magnesia solder brick was in pretty poor shape. There were extra tiny bits of solder buried in the surface, gouges from solder brick pulling away when picking up soldered pieces,and the spray flux I sometimes use had become a problem after repeated heating of the brick surface.The surface was becoming a heavily mottled black.Unfortunately, the before photo taken was inadvertently deleted and was MUCH worse than the ones hown here, which should have been cleaned up before continuing to use.

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Judy Larson's Rescuing a Very Used Magnesia Soldering Block - , Tools For Wire Jewelry, Tools, rescuing a very used soldering block

How to renew a magnesia soldering brick surface: Brush off the surface of a relatively smooth flat sidewalk section. Make sure there are no little bits left that could leave gouges in the surface of the block. Place the side of the block to be cleaned face down on the sidewalk. Using a circular motion, "sand"away the imperfections. Brush all the dust off the brick face and the sidewalk. Repeat the process until you are satisfied that the surface of the block is again usable.

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My philosophy has always been "I will never live long enough to learn everything I want to learn, go everywhere I want to go and see everything I want to see!" So, what I make and how I create it is always changing and evolving. I was born shortly after WWII to parents who grew up during the Depression. They always had a "we can do it, we can make it" attitude which rubbed off on my two younger brothers and me. My brothers are amazing and can make and do ANYTHING! When I was a little girl, my mother gave me an old carved cigar box, which I cherish, filled with pop beads, wooden beads and yarn for stringing. That was the beginning of my jewelry making journey.

On a visit to the Grand Canyon when I was a young woman, I was fortunate enough to help a Native American silversmith sand cast my first silver bracelet and bezel set a large turquoise nugget on top. I was in love, hook, line and sinker! While working full time and having a family here in northern Minnesota, my artistic endeavors slowed down but never stopped. I am an artist, scrapbooker, seamstress, woodworker and jewelry artisan. Now that I am retired, I am able to indulge in all my hobbies. However, there just never seems to be enough time in the day to do it all, but I try!

I have been teaching community education beginner and intermediate jewelry making classes since my retirement. Many of my students have been bitten so hard by the jewelry making bug that they say I have turned them into monsters-they just can't get enough. Making jewelry, seeing something take shape from small bits and pieces, is so rewarding that I hope it brings out the "monster" in you, too!

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