RotoMetals High Quality Pewter - Alloy R98 Pewter Casting Ingot (Tin 98%, Bismuth 1.5%, Copper .50%)

This pewter bullion alloy is great and holds detail really well for casting objects with small details like jewelry, or gaming miniatures. It also seems fairly strong and not as easy to bend or break off smaller or thinner parts like other pewter alloys. Although it really helps to warm up the mold in an oven and doing a few test castings before you get a good cast.

.Very great stuff. Melts relatively easy, especially in an electric pot one can buy on Amazon. Could use a crummy skillet on a gas stove but I like the other way.METAL:- shinier than most where there is not Bismuth and that addition does a bit better on details where I make beadsLike that it has zero-ish, lead as my work may get into children's mouths by accident.went a long way and will be ordering more, but for -- regular beads-- I order the larger amounts minus the bismuth for cost.Was going to try to add a few flakes of pure bismuth one can get naturally on Amazon but haven't tried that yet: vendor -- this one --- states it'll workmeasurements at own calculations.

This is the only pewter that I use to cast my jewelry from my shop (Elven Soul 🧝‍♀️). I usually order from the Roto Metals website, but sometimes it's just easier to add this on my Amazon orders. The R98 pewter is great for detailed castings. I hand sculpt designs from clay, then make high temperature molds, then I melt this ingot on the stove and pour into the molds. The great thing about pewter is, if you mess up, just throw it back in the melting pot! The photos of the two finished pendants have been antiqued a bit to highlight the details (the bails are not pewter just the pendants), the photo with the pieces on the paper plate are the accurate shade of the pewter once you cast with it, prior to antiquing. Definitely recommend, I'll continue to purchase more as needed.

easy to cast using a hand torch. melted the block into easier to manage ingots. each ingot then was melted & poured into a RTV mold. details were coarse. didn't have a compression mold so had to rely on the viscosity of the molten pewter to lay into the details. bit of a learning curve as to how to prepare the mold next time. letters would read better as embossed rather than debossed.a joy to work with. nice shine straight out of the mold.

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I cast my own parts from model kits where metal parts are better than plastic. i.e. propellers on ships and some ship hardware.

If you are trying to home-cast pewter, think about how you plan to cut this apart. I was looking for smaller ingots so they would melt down inside my crucible, but this giant chunk is what I received ( photo now reflects product better)

Very gorgeous pewter. Mine weighs 1lb .03oz. Shipping was expected to be roughly 10 or 11 days, but it was received around 3 or 4 days which was great. I am very pleased with this and i am looking forward to ordering more of these and want to see what other allows are offered from this company.