just from what i've read at my short time here i kinda get teh feeling that not many people are versed in the ways of the lead. well to make it a little easier to get goin i am going to throw out some "recipies" for tinning butters, soldering salts and some "no rust" so here it goes. granted it would probably be easier to find someone that sells the stuff, but its always nice knowing you can make it if you have to. I've usually get the chemicals of the internet. tinning butter #1 mix ingredients into pot over low heat all amounts by weight 500 parts oilve oil 400 parts mutton tallow slowly stir in 250 parts powdered rosin boil up once and allow to begin to cool mix in 125 parts water that is saturated with sal ammoniac(add while stirring untill the sal ammoniac wont dissolve any more) allow to cool before use tinning butter #2 50 parts oilve oil 50 parts powdered sal ammoniac(usually comes in a block, powder yourself) mix till warm, cool to use no rust mix by weight equal parts zinc chloride sal amoniac saturated in water distilled water filter before use soldering salts equal parts neutral zinc chloride(free of iron) powdered sal ammoniac mix with minimat water untill pasty mix 50:50 with water to use hope this is of some help to someone
cool info. i bet there's a lot of folks here who would like to try this, but plastic just sounds so much easier (comparitively so, anyway). fear of the unknown?
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