Pewter countertops are high-end products. Their production takes place exclusively in our Ateliers. Everything is made by hand.

First, pewter ingots are melted to create edge profiles for each countertop. Once heated to 210°C, liquid pewter is cast in our own molds. Remodelled plates are laid upon plywood frames and then welded together. Then, the edge profile length is soldered together and smoothed off by hand. Finally, they are joined together with the countertop. The countertop is smoothed off using different sorts of files. For every meter of ‘Zinc’, it takes at least 12 to 15 hours of manual labor. For the past 90 years we have used the same tools: chisels, hammers, scraping knifes, graters, files, ciselets… There are 12 to 18 steps to produce one of our countertops. On average, a hundred hours of work are required to produce a bespoke countertop. Every month, between eight and ten countertops are produced by the Ateliers Nectoux.

Our iron cast molds were created between 1870 and 2020. We do not bend or turn thin slices of metal; we cast everything. Our finished pewter is 2.5 mm thick on the top and can be as thick as 3 mm to 25 mm on edge profiles. Because of this, the patina and the feel of our countertops has remained unrivalled over the years. We are also able to make custom-made edge profile, so as to match your specifications.