The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #55860   Message #871933
Posted By: Neighmond
21-Jan-03 - 09:47 PM
Thread Name: help: mend leaking tankard
Subject: RE: help: mend leaking tankard
Use good modern glazing that is used in glazing (puttying) old-style wooden windows. Use Linseed oil to make it soft and roll it into a snake. wrap it into the class and pewter frame on the outside of the bottom. Push it in with a piece of pegwood sharpened to a point. Scrape off the excess. Let dry four days and four nights. Wash in the sink by hand and NOT the dishwasher and renew it once every few years if you have to. Thus said my boss who is a jeweler with fifty years' experience behind him.

FWIW

Chaz