Pewter Melting and Stacking

[@PhilipRomeo69]

Good vid thank you for sharing

[@robynwillmann377]

Ok, fantastic video!!!! I am crying while you are melting the teapots & sugar & creamers…😂We shall discuss 😊

[@ITZGR82BFREE]

I know. I did save a few of the better ones and looking back I should probably have delayed action on a few more but they all came to me as scrap and were always destined to be repurposed. Call you later.

[@deandeann1541]

I watched the whole video. Where I live the tableware at the Salvation Army and Goodwill stores never have real pewter and prices are high for just old silver plate. I am sure that somehow they pull out all the real pewter before the tableware goes onto the shelves. It's discouraging, the only pewter I have I found at the local landfill. Where do you find your pewter, is it through ebay? Pewter is great stuff, and all metals are infinitely recyclable, just melt, recast, and it is new again. I just add it to my lead, I don't have enough to melt a whole pot like you do - it looks like it is easier to melt it than a pot of lead, IIRC it has a lower MP than lead, doesn't it? Do you find it at a good price? Less than $20/lb? I am jealous, a little tin makes casting lead much easier. Does your pewter have some lead in it? I don't know the composition of old pewter like you have. IIRC new pewter is lead free and mostly tin. Thanks for the vid, I have subscribed.

[@CastawayMetals-BGr84u]

Yes, the melting point of pewter is about 450f, lead is 621f, zinc is 787f. Check out my other vids for sources.

[@peter-oud-ijzer]

Pewter is A tin alloy 80 % tin

[@CastawayMetals-BGr84u]

Most good pewter is actually more like 92 - 95 % tin with very small amounts of other metals.

[@keithgraham6947]

What do u use the pewter

[@CastawayMetals-BGr84u]

To answer that all you need to do is watch through my playlist of videos. kzbin.info/aero/PLfaDdUxiOZ74S9BzbxSp8_S5-zztOqKY8&si=0gx2GruTpLeJzjxT