The
surface should be heated first
The
lead is heated by the torch to where the lead is soft, but not
drippy.
The
blob of lead is then stuck to the metal.
Now,
we heat the tallow. This is basically a tub of lard.
The
maple paddle is dipped in the tallow. This is to keep the wood from
sticking to the lead when you are smoothing the molten lead.
Here,
I am smoothing the lead with the maple paddle.
The
lead, which cools fast, is grated down with a rasp.
This
revealed dips in my first application of lead, so I added more.
Then
I smoothed it out again.
And
grated it again...
I
then sanded it down smooth.
And
here I used a ruler to judge that the dent is well and truely
gone!
Here
is the dent, now painted in primer.
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