[TheForge] copper goo or paste

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What kind of a finished look are you going for?
High polish, techy perfection has different possibilities and problems 
than rustic.

Personally I prefer an honest seam that just plain IS. Hiding it always 
fails unless you are into polishing the thing down.

A minimalist seam could be done by tinning a back plate and the backs of 
the sheet edges. (Envision stacking three playing cards, two side by 
side with the third underneath with half under each of the first two)
Taking care not to buckle the sheets from heat bring the joint up to 
temperature and it will look like a butt joint, IF you are lucky. 
PRACTICE THIS FIRST ON SCRAP.

It helps to use the heaviest copper that you can get., I wouldn't try 
this with anything less than 20 oz.

OR

You could just butt the joints and adhere them to the substrata.

For edge pieces and details use the pretinning method and just be 
prepared to buff the solder off that seeps out.

Mike Graf

Andy Vida wrote:
> Possible alternate strategy: rather than try to make them as 
> inconspicuous as possible, make them rather conspicuous, but
> artful.  I think you may be better pleased in the long run.
> 
> Gladish Family wrote:
> 
>>Say, anybody know about some kind of copper colored filler paste- sort of
>>like JB Weld for copper?
>>I'm doing countertops in our home, and would like the seams to disappear as
>>much as possible.
>>Thanks, everybody!
>>Andy Gladish
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