tin/pewter

[ebb]

I have what is most likely a lifetime supply of lead, mostly smelted into reasonably clean ingots. Also have several hundred more pounds in a thick folded up sheet 3/16s thick. Problem is I had terrible luck casting pure lead and have he mostly successful with the 20to1 mix I you guys taught me about on this site. The problem i am having is while I have accumulated this much lead I have only found about 4 pounds of pewter. Can you guys help me find tin/pewter or something to make another alloy that will work as well as the 20to1 mix I like so much.

[lar45]

Try a radiator repair shop. I think they use 60/40 solder. When they clean out their test tanks, they usually scrape all the solder blobs into a bucket. I have found it fairly cheap before.

[imashooter2]

At a 20:1 ratio, the non tin components of pewter will make up less than 0.4% of the total alloy. Negligible.

The 4 pounds of pewter you have will make 84 pounds of 20:1. Plenty to keep you casting until someone on the Swapping and Selling posts some for sale.

[Jtarm]

At a 20:1 ratio, the non tin components of pewter will make up less than 0.4% of the total alloy. Negligible.

The 4 pounds of pewter you have will make 84 pounds of 20:1. Plenty to keep you casting until someone on the Swapping and Selling posts some for sale.

I just post “WTB pewter” there and have multiple responses in hours.

[BD]

I have not had great luck using anything pewter, other than food/drink ware, to ad tin. The last batch of alloy I made up using pewter figurines only produced about half the amount of tin in the analysis that I would have expected from the standard 90% tin/5-10% antimony pewter that is standard for food ware. Antimony was higher than expected and no significant amount of copper or silver was apparent.

[hpbear101]

My wife loves to hit the thrift and Goodwill stores. I got her to look for pewter for me and it turns out to be very cheap and easy to find.