Stick on lead wheel weights

inkd · Apr 23, 2016

I was able to get a few buckets of wheel weights from my nephew and sorted out the lead from the zinc and iron weights.

I have a mix of clip on and stick on lead weights after the sorting and have read that the stick on weights are closer to pure lead than the clip on.

Is it best for me to separate them again before I start melting them into ingots or would the difference be negligible? I have considerably more clip on than stick on weights at this point so I am hoping that further separation would not be needed.

I searched the forum to try to find out some info before starting this but 97% of the posts had less than 3% relevance to my question.

What say ye? All ye mighty and knowing members of Maryland Shooters!!

Sticky · Apr 23, 2016

I do separate stick-ons and clip ons when smelting.. the stick-ons are nearly pure lead and thus a little different than the alloy of the clip-ons. There are benefits to both that you can reap from keeping them separate. The alloy of the clip-ons is almost ideal, add a little tin and make a very good casting alloy. I use the stick-ons for fishing mostly.. (weights and jigs), but I have plenty, so I can spare a bit of it... lol

inkd · Apr 23, 2016

Sticky said:
I do separate stick-ons and clip ons when smelting.. the stick-ons are nearly pure lead and thus a little different than the alloy of the clip-ons. There are benefits to both that you can reap from keeping them separate. The alloy of the clip-ons is almost ideal, add a little tin and make a very good casting alloy. I use the stick-ons for fishing mostly.. (weights and jigs), but I have plenty, so I can spare a bit of it... lol

I was thinking of doing that if the consensus is to separate. My nephew loves to fish and my landlord has weight molds.

I was planning on making a batch for him to thank him for the weights anyway. I may just separate out the stick on weights for that.

Sticky · Apr 23, 2016

If you are new to scavenging lead to make alloys for casting, this may be helpful. I use it to determine what I need to add and how much to what alloy I may be starting with to calculate the final alloy data that I am looking for in a particular boolit..

inkd · Apr 23, 2016

Sticky said:
If you are new to scavenging lead to make alloys for casting, this may be helpful. I use it to determine what I need to add and how much to what alloy I may be starting with to calculate the final alloy data that I am looking for in a particular boolit..

WOW!!!!! That is awesome!!!!! Thank you!

Sticky · Apr 23, 2016

inkd said:
WOW!!!!! That is awesome!!!!! Thank you!

Glad to help... it is from castboolits website and very helpful to me.

BradMacc82 · Apr 23, 2016

Just always keep it at 3%...

teratos · Apr 23, 2016

BradMacc82 said:
Just always keep it at 3%...

That's easy. Start at 3%, no matter what you add it stays at 3%.

Shamr0ck · Apr 23, 2016

3% - the never ending gift...

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MikeTF · Apr 23, 2016

I saw the title and thought Deja Vous.

whistlersmother · Apr 23, 2016

I'd keep them separate for the simple fact you can add stick-on lead to another alloy, but once mixed, you'll pay hell getting pure lead out of an alloy if you ever need pure.

inkd · Apr 23, 2016

whistlersmother said:
I'd keep them separate for the simple fact you can add stick-on lead to another alloy, but once mixed, you'll pay hell getting pure lead out of an alloy if you ever need pure.

I think I am going to keep them separate and take Sticky's idea and make some fishing weights for my nephew.

I just went through a bucket tonight, I didn't have near as many as I thought I did so in the long run it probably wouldn't matter. But, I like the fishing weight idea as a way to thank my nephew for helping me out.

inkd · Apr 23, 2016

MikeTF said:
I saw the title and thought Deja Vous.

I WAS GOING TO TYPE THE TITLE IN ALL CAPS TO REALLY THROW SOME PEOPLE OFF

MikeTF · Apr 24, 2016

inkd said:
I WAS GOING TO TYPE THE TITLE IN ALL CAPS TO REALLY THROW SOME PEOPLE OFF

Clearly you have a conscience.

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traveller · Apr 24, 2016

This is like Pavlovs dog here. Someone types 'wheel weights' and comments roll in.

Blacksmith101 · Apr 24, 2016

The stickons are good for black powder muzzle loaders who usually use pure lead. By keeping them separate, be sure to mark your ingots, you can always be able to create your ideal alloy by varying your ratios. If you melt them all together each time you smelt a batch your alloy will have a different composition.

Next time sort into three buckets.

inkd · Apr 24, 2016

Blacksmith101 said:
The stickons are good for black powder muzzle loaders who usually use pure lead. By keeping them separate, be sure to mark your ingots, you can always be able to create your ideal alloy by varying your ratios. If you melt them all together each time you smelt a batch your alloy will have a different composition.

Next time sort into three buckets.

I'm going to separate them and add some roofing lead my land lord has to get enough to make some ingots.

I was planning on marking the ingots with a sharpie unless anyone has a better idea?

outrider58 · Apr 24, 2016

Sharpies effect antimony by about 3%. I would use Crayolas.

inkd · Apr 24, 2016

outrider58 said:
Sharpies effect antimony by about 3%. I would use Crayolas.

I ate all my crayolas :sad20:

whistlersmother · Apr 24, 2016

I'd punch an identifier into the ignot itself. Pb maybe and WW. I trust Sharpie to wear off.

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