Antique Clock Leg 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. Put a magnet to it, if it sticks it may be cast iron, which will require either our SSF-6 brazing rods or 77 arc rods. If it's pot metal, white metal or zinc die cast our Super Alloy 1 will repair it at half the metal's melting point so you don't damage the antique.

This early 1900's era pot metal clock leg was broken in half and in desperate need of repair.

After applying a small amount of Super Alloy 1, the piece is ready to be gold plated. Super Alloy 1 will also work on brass, bronze, copper, aluminum and steel.

TIPS

To avoid re-melting the Super Alloy 1, turn the part over and lay the soldered part in Cool Blue.

THoroughly clean the area to be repaired using a Dremel or sanding disc etc immediately before soldering. If the bare base metal is exposed for more than a couple hours, it will re-oxidize and require a second cleaning.

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