Sometimes I feel that starting out in Engineering not long after the end of WW2 here in Brit land did give an insight into that Brit mind set of make do and mend. For a long time every day engineering consumables where not available so substitutes where quickly found. Now I am not saying that the substitutes where as good as the real thing but they did come in as a good second. From the now very tatty paged note book I kept with all those little snippets of information so from the page containing such useless information now but back then priceless, how to use Tin Lead soft solder and a soldering Iron to solder connections to Aluminium.
Dipping case hardening Powder all ingredients are by volume.
8 parts of coal dust
5 parts of powdered Carbon/Charcoal
5 parts of powdered sugar.
From my notes, the sugar and coal dust make a crust on the hot metal keeping the mixture in contact.
I have never used this formula because Kasenit was always available though over here in our damp climate the bottoms of the tins always seem to rust out with regular monotony, so my Kasenit lives in an 8 oz. Coffee jar.
