In regard to the excellent comment by Cutter and especially his comment on a very thorough rinse to neutralize acid, I refer you to the Eastwood Co. (find them on the web). Some barrels are really difficult to "tin" and in that case I use Eastwood's tinning butter to set a base of lead/tin on the barrels. Wash the barrels completely and then finally coat them in a bicarbonate of Soda paste and wash that away to neutralize the acid. Eastwood has tinning butter in lead/solder and also pure tin(or they did the last time I bought products from them) They also have 30/70 tin/lead solders that Cutter refers.
I also buy rosin powder from Diamond G Forest Products in Georgia.
Kind Regards;
Stephen Howell
Last edited by bushveld; 03/26/26 01:15 PM.
