The scary part, Keigan, is that that's how he still spells it when he's in a hurry or tired. If this is a load-bearing brooch - a cloak pin, apron pin, etc - soldering might be more secure and maintain the integrity of the piece better. E6000 and JB Weld both work pretty well for a pin that's a pretty, but not so well if you are putting weight and/or torque on the pin (and it's not good to have your apron fall down in public, especially if a bunch of jewelry goes with it). If these are the brooches you just bought, you might consider contacting the folks you got them from and having them fix it (although I realize there are time & distance issues involved). Also, do you know what metal(s) the brooch is made out of? And is the brooch one piece (plus the pin)? If the answer to both of those questions is yes, you might give B a call (if the answer to either is no, I'd go with the adhesives). Elisabetta ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- In a message dated 5/1/2007 10:34:12 P.M. Central Daylight Time, kalamitykayt@yahoo.com writes: A glue called 6000 works really well on jewelry findings It is actually E 6000 and can be found at Wal-Mart in the craft section. It is much easier to work with than JB Weld and will hold most anything you need held, at lest jewelry wise. I don't know what brooches you are talking about, but soldering might be called for if it is something expensive or really good, it would be less likely to devalue the piece, I believe. You might check with Bjorlic (ok I know I butchered that but he has changed the spelling a bunch of times in the years I've know him so he is just gonna have to deal!) he will be able to tell you possibly if it needs soldering instead of quick repair. Good luck Keigan hanging out on Kev's account again ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. _______________________________________________ Northkeep mailing list Northkeep@lists.ansteorra.org http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/northkeep-ansteorra.org