Hi all-
I've been teaching myself how to spin copper with the help of Terry Tynan's DVDs. I have just spun a few bowls in copper and would like to apply food grade tinning to them. I have searched all over the net for supplies and info on this elusive art form. I have found one YouTube clip and very scant written directions... Does anyone out there in net land have sources and info for tinning supplies and techniques?
Many thanks for any and all help!!!
Peter

Borax is not appropriate as it's a much higher temp flux.

You can buy the tin and flux premixed. Paint the item with the mix and then hit it with a heat gun. A blow torch will work too but it's far easier to burn the tin. The heat gun works much better.

Hey Ian-
Do you have a supplier for the premixed tin/flux? All I've been able to find is Oatey pipe pre-tinning in 8 oz. containers.
Anybody else have suppliers in the US?

I do for the UK, but not for the USA. We found our supplier through an Automobile Radiator Repairer, they use it to repair the matrix etc.on car radiators.

For all interested, I think I may have found a supplier-
Supperior Flux out of Cleveland, Ohio
Superior Flux & MFG. Co.

update- Supperior carries tinning flux, not solder. They were very helpful though. They recomended Johnson Manufacturing as a supplier of tinning paste.
Johnson Manufacturing Company - Solder

I have searched for a base metal supplier and found rotometals out of the SF Bay area of California. They have more base metals than anywhere I can find and a good selection of alloys. I don't think they have tinning flux but they do carry 99.9% Tin ingots and food-grade tin wire.

Thanks for the tip eyvind!

Because the heat is pretty low when tinning the flux can be pretty soft. I have had good luck with the wax type plumbers fluxes. Plumbing solders are mostly tin as they are now mostly made lead free. Some plumbing suppliers will carry bar solder which should work fine for tinning bowls (make sure it is the lead free type though... roofers still use solders with lead in it).

you can get the pre mixed tin and flux right at home depot and lowes. it isnt too expensive and i have used it on a raised copper pot with great success

hi Ian,
What is the name of the company supplying the tin flux mix?
Thanks
Wayne