How Do You Add Flux To Stained Glass Art?
To join together foiled stained glass pieces, you use solder or molten metal. Because the solder will not stick to copper foil, you must brush on an adhesive known as flux, available from any stained glass or hobby supply store. Add flux just before soldering, as when heating your soldering iron. Arrange your stained glass project on your working surface in its final pattern. While you can flux and solder your project by section, most experts assemble the whole project and then flux and solder together. Use nails to hold large projects together. Brush a small amount of flux on the copper foil, taking care to apply sparingly. The flux must adhere to the whole surface of the copper, because it provides the means for the copper and solder to stick together. Work quickly because flux dries quickly, Flux the entire project, then solder together. Flux evaporates, so flux and solder at the same time, not on different days.
