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- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
What’s the going rate for tin/lead solder bars when you find it, does the tin percentage affect price much?
Tin/lead plumbing solder
- Thread starter Butcherbill
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- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
Where’s a good place to look for it and compare prices?
I picked up a handful of bar solder for what I thought was a good deal, backsides are stamped 35/65, 90/10, 40/60, 50/50, 63/37. Cast into the face is Metal’s and Alloys Limited & The Canadian Metal Co. Ltd, 9 bars in total weighing 11lbs in total.
I picked up a handful of bar solder for what I thought was a good deal, backsides are stamped 35/65, 90/10, 40/60, 50/50, 63/37. Cast into the face is Metal’s and Alloys Limited & The Canadian Metal Co. Ltd, 9 bars in total weighing 11lbs in total.
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- Location
- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
Thanks, I paid less than that per bar. I paid $3 a bar so it sounds like I did alright then.
BlackPowderBurner
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- the chesterfield
If it’s tin content you’re after, marked pewter tankards from the thrift stores are hard to beat.
- Location
- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
I grab it anywhere I can find it lol, nice to know the tin/ratio though.
not quite.
The 5% is usually made up of copper and antimony, thats why I like it better than straight tin.
Sometimes, the older pewter, pre 1970-ish may contain lead. Usually you can tell by the tarnish on the pewter.
Non lead pewter stays shiny.
.......and I stand corrected! But I did say "Usually" twice!!!LOL!!!
You weren't wrong depending which dates you use
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- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
Makes sense, I have some old Pewter that I inherited that is very grey and tarnished looking vs. the new batch of pewter frames I just melted down that were shiny silver. I looked up the maker and they were lead free according to their website.
