Repair Pewter Cup

[rmeixner]

I just came across this post about soldering pewter in the archives. There is a lot of information here…Rob

How to Solder Pewter

Oh now for another quesiton...I came accross some sheet pewter....I know pewter is very soft and it melts very easily, can this stuff be soldered? I haven't tried and won't until I get the ok... Solders beautifully witn the tin/silver “soft” solders. Perhaps the best one is Stay-brite, used with the flux made for it, or any liquid soft soldering flux (this is essentially zinc dissolved in HCL to make zinc chloride. It’s acid, so treat it as such.) or even with the milder rosin etc,…