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  1. 03-15-2017, 06:08 PM #1
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    Solder question

    I should know this after decades of casting but never ran across the issue before, guy at the range about 10 years ago gave me a dozen sticks of "tin", finally got around to looking at it, sticks are about a foot long and about a pound each, (8) are marked "Taramet 50% Tin", the other (4) are marked "Federated Cast-Omatic Solder 50/50", I am assuming the "other" 50% is lead, correct?

    I have also heard that solder is impregnated with an acid to help with the soldering process and so not good for making bullets, old wives tale or true?

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  2. 03-15-2017, 06:15 PM #2
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    Yes - 50 / 50 Lead / Tin

    No acid in bar solder that I'm aware of .....

    Acid core flux solder is on a roll, smelly PITA to melt down.
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  3. 03-15-2017, 06:25 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by dsh1106 View Post
    Yes - 50 / 50 Lead / Tin

    No acid in bar solder that I'm aware of .....

    Acid core flux solder is on a roll, smelly PITA to melt down.

    Thanks!
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  4. 03-15-2017, 08:02 PM #4
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    dsh1106 told you right. Acid core solder is round, comes on a roll and is usually marked as such on the roll. Your friend at the range gave you about $300 worth of solder. Quite a friend I would say!
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  5. 03-15-2017, 11:14 PM #5
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    Did not know him actually, I think we were making small talk during a cease-fire and next time I saw him he had bought it with him, nice of him, but $300 for 6lbs each of tin and lead?
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    Yeah, bar solder is expensive. $300 is probably high but I've seen it offered from $10 to nearly $30 a stick. The fellow did you right.
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  7. 03-16-2017, 08:40 AM #7
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    That is body solder for leading a car body. No flux. I have about 50# of it. Cost me $5.
    I used to use it in a body shop.
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  8. 03-16-2017, 12:16 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by lightman View Post
    Yeah, bar solder is expensive. $300 is probably high but I've seen it offered from $10 to nearly $30 a stick. The fellow did you right.
    Thanks, might be better to look elsewhere for a source of tin for the boolit casting, I only need very little, just cast for pistols and BPCR's,
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