[Tigers] Fwd: Fwd: Solder

[Rollright at aol.com]

Jay
 
Someone was evaluating the possibility of replating his door handles  
versus buying repro's. I comented that a good repro was the way to go. And  you 
could send it back for a refund to a reputable vendor if you didn't like it.  
I pointed out that you can't do that with a rechromer. Replating potmetal 
is  really, really time and labor consuming (needing lots of talent) and so, 
very  expensive. And often with poor results.
 
Jim Armstrong
 
 
In a message dated 9/25/2012 10:38:15 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jay.laifman at gmail.com writes:

I must  have missed the start of this thread.  I always thought that once 
broken,  pot metal is, well, only good to throw into a pot.  What part is 
being  fixed here?  Surely a horn ring or door handle can't be fixed with  
solder, right?  


Jay

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:20 AM, <_Rollright at aol.com_ 
(mailto:Rollright at aol.com) > wrote:

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To: _Rollright at aol.com_ (mailto:Rollright at aol.com) 
Sent: 9/24/2012  10:10:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: Re: [Tigers] Fwd:  Solder


I guess it depends on what flavor of silver solder  you are  talking about.
There's some silver solder for electrical  use that melts  around 220C.  Its
not pure silver, but an alloy  of tin and  silver.

Stu

-----Original  Message-----
From:  _Rollright at aol.com_ (mailto:Rollright at aol.com) 
Sent: Monday,  September 24, 2012 10:56 AM
To:  _tigers at Autox.Team.Net_ (mailto:tigers at Autox.Team.Net) 
Subject:  [Tigers] Fwd: Solder

Correction on  using Silver Solder to fix  pot metal.

From:  _onegonefish at comcast.net_ (mailto:onegonefish at comcast.net) 
To: _rollright at aol.com_ (mailto:rollright at aol.com) 
Sent: 9/24/2012  9:54:16 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: Solder
Jim:

I  wouldn't  try to repair pot metal wilt silver  solder. Pot metal  melts
around  370 degrees, and Silver solder melts around  1200  degrees.  Regular
solder around 370 degrees
There are low  temperature rods  specifically  for pot metal that melt  
around
350 degrees. Goggle  'Muggsey weld' and you can  get the  information.
Gary    Fish
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