Your instinct was perfectly right on, George!

Another split second of heat and the host pewter would have melted into 
the solder on your iron, and opened your crack into a nasty gap.
    I have suffered this. lol

   It takes dripping the melted solder over the pewter, with barely 
enough heat to get it to fuse to the pewter, after you have screwed up 
on a thin ring.  heh heh
But its do-able.
        yours Scott


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