OT soldering advice

[Capt_Cully]

Bought some new sconces after my wife FINALLY found some she liked. Upon arriving home, in her haste to put me to work....she snapped a piece off. I have the soldering wire, and a torch, but they were hand me downs so ivd never used them. Do I just heat and touch with the wire? Is there anything more involved?

 

[pascal32]

Bought some new sconces after my wife FINALLY found some she liked. Upon arriving home, in her haste to put me to work....she snapped a piece off. I have the soldering wire, and a torch, but they were hand me downs so ivd never used them. Do I just heat and touch with the wire? Is there anything more involved?

Sounds like you are looking at brazing.

What material are the sconces?

Check these:

http://m.wisegeek.com/what-is-brazing.htm
http://www.inductionatmospheres.com/brazing.html
http://www.lucasmilhaupt.com/en-US/brazingfundamentals/properbrazingprocedure/

 

[Capt_Cully]

Sconces are standard light fixture material. Iron? Tin? No clue.

 

[reefer buddy]

good luck! thay are usually cheap white metal, and dont take solder well. I would use JB weld and try to hid it the best you can

 

[der_wille_zur_macht]

good luck! thay are usually cheap white metal, and dont take solder well. I would use JB weld and try to hid it the best you can

+1. I wouldn't count on brazing or soldering especially if it's on a cosmetic area that's visible.

 

[NirvanaFan]

Heating the metal up that high will probably end up discoloring it as well. +1 on the JB Weld or similar product.

 

[Capt_Cully]

It's pretty rustic already so discoloration shouldn't an issue. Short of gluing the piece to the wall, I'll look into your suggestions. Thanks!

 

[captain7359]

Good super glue and be done with it., or just return it to the store as DOA.

Is it a major part or just cosmetic?

Got picts?

 

[pascal32]

JBweld is a good suggestion, stuff is pretty impressive.

 

[Capt_Cully]

Cant return them. They were close outs. Yes those are my fingernails. "It puts the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again"

 

[der_wille_zur_macht]

Break off the matching piece from the other side and no one will know.

 

[Capt_Cully]

Nice!

 

[Jacwil]

Do you do the "tuck" followed by a provocative lil dance number?

 

[pascal32]

wow, thats a tough piece for JBWeld. break off or Braze, though you will likely discolor the piece.

 

[Steve Canyon]

+1 for superglue. It's never going to see any stress.

 

[captain7359]

I figured with all that bow practice you'd have wors looking nails than that...

 

[magdelan]

Do you do the "tuck" followed by a provocative lil dance number?

Awesome. There should be an emoticon for that :tuckdance:

 

[Capt_Cully]

 

[Capt_Cully]

So back to the sconce......

Discoloration shouldn't be an issue due to rustic appearance.

 

[der_wille_zur_macht]

Need to know the material to pick a method involving heat. Are the pieces solid wire or tube? If the piece that broke off is tube you might be able to insert a pin into it and put a matching hole in the main piece to pin it back on (with JB Weld securing the pin in both pieces).