02-18-2013, 01:22 PM
Never used anything other then pure tin and a suitable flux for tinning(hot dip or applied on a hot plate set over a flame)even so would say the durability is not that good, oxidisation really depends more on the conditions its stored in(had two plates on my window sill for the last 7-8 years with no problem so far)and you cant use any kind of abrasive paste to clean it as this will remove tin from the high spots..
I did read somewhere that heating a tinned copper alloy object to a suitable temperature in a reduced atmosphere would combine the tin with the copper on the surface, producing a harder more durable finish but have never tried it and not sure how this would effect the colour either...
I did read somewhere that heating a tinned copper alloy object to a suitable temperature in a reduced atmosphere would combine the tin with the copper on the surface, producing a harder more durable finish but have never tried it and not sure how this would effect the colour either...
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
