"jtaylor" wrote in message
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"brassbend" wrote in message
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I have a pin hole in a brass instrument. The usual 2 ways of patching
it
would be to put a small brass patch on it or melt a tiny bit of solder
into
it. The patch works well but it is an obvious patch, solder works well
but
it is silver and is also obvious.
I know silver solder will do the job and looks sorta brassy when done
but
there is too much chance of melting the pipe.


Is it possible you could burnish the hole closed?

You can get a hole almost closed that way but it will still leak if there is
anything left for it to leak through.

LLB