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Re: Pot Metal

To: "M. Secrest" <msecrest@erols.com>, <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Pot Metal
From: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 23:51:54 -0600
>I was at a local welder today, inquiring if he could repair a piece of
>moulding for my square tail GT6.  (It's cracked and missing some
>metal.)  He said he could not repair it, because "it's pot metal."
>
>What's pot metal,

Probably zinc or an alloy thereof.

>and can you not even braze it?

Darned if I know.  You might try the gang at shop-talk@autox.team.net  There
always seems to be someone there at knows everything.

Phil Ethier  West Side   Saint Paul  Minnesota  USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
pethier@isd.net   http://www.mnautox.com/  http://www.vtr2002.org

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