One question though. It looks like you struck all the blue off the entire barrel. Wouldn't leaving the blue everywhere you were not going to solder work to assist in the removal of the over solder?
Did you just use a torch to heat or did you make up a set of irons like SKB pictured?
Thank you.
The top rib was barely attached, so when it came all the way off, I media blasted the barrels, which leaves them very clean. Since its a damascus set with pits to draw file out, and polish, the plan was to get it back to the white anyway.
I used a propane torch. This time I had some grey colored paste a friend gave me that has metal in it. I applied that along the barrel where it would meet the rib, then laid a strand of 60/40 along the valley on each side and slowly heated moving the torch back and forth over an area. I am impatient, but this time not as much, so eventually the solder flowed easily, and all was well.
Next time Ill use less and spare myself some clean up time perhaps.
