Antique Candelabra Repair

We received this email on 3/10 which was featured in our "Ask Mike" column:

Question:
I have an application which involves a candelabra and leg off of an antique clock (around 1900). I'm not sure if the metal is actually "white/pot" metal or cast iron. It seems to heavy to be white or pot metal. Would it be worth attempting with your product?

Answer:
You would need to determine what metal it is before we could tell you which rod to use. If it is cast iron and you attempt to use Super Alloy 1, it won't work, or if it is pot metal and you try to use the silver solder it won't work--so that is the first step. If you can determine what the metal is then definitely our rods would work, it's just a matter of which rod to use. Put a magnet to it. If it sticks, it's cast iron.

The customer shipped this antique candleabra for repairs, as you can see, there were many broken pieces that needed reattached. Pot metal being so heavy and weak, the pieces broke off due to their own weight.





Two of the 3 broken pieces have been reattached at this point. We lightly sanded the pieces with a Dremel tool to expose the base metal before applying the Super Alloy 1. Our Cool Blue heat paste was used on the existing welds as each piece was attached, to eliminate any chance of the welds melting out on the re-heat.





This irreplaceable candleabra is good as new, and ready to be sanded and refinished.

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