Zinc stick on WW.

[JeffinNZ]

Team.

Got my first STICK ON zinc WW yesterday. Never seen one before. It is marked "ZnAl".

It's getting worse!!!!

[Down South]

I haven't seen any of the stick-on's yet but I run across a good many of the clip-on's.

[cabezaverde]

I get some of my wheel weights from a repair place that does a lot of foreign car work.

A while back, I smelted about 6 buckets down. While sorting thorugh, I pulled out about 5 lbs of zinc and steel weights. They are becoming more common around here.

[Tom Herman]

Hi Jeff,

I've not run into any of those weights yet, what a scary proposition! "ZnAl" means Zink-Aluminum, that's a truly scary alloy!
I guess more vigilance is required all the time with recovering wheel weights.

-Tom




Team.

Got my first STICK ON zinc WW yesterday. Never seen one before. It is marked "ZnAl".

It's getting worse!!!!

[compass will]

Hi Jeff,

I've not run into any of those weights yet, what a scary proposition! "ZnAl" means Zink-Aluminum, that's a truly scary alloy!
I guess more vigilance is required all the time with recovering wheel weights.

-Tom

Don't both zinc and Aluminum melt above 700 deg? Next batch I am going to just sort out the trash, but now worry about pulling the zinc out. Keep the batch below 700 and just fish them off the top.

I have been finding more zinc stick on then I have in clip on.

[wiljen]

ZnAl more than likely means it is made of zinc and designed for Aluminum Mag wheels. Not that it is an alloy of the two. Check your lead WW - alot of those have the AL designation too.

[JeffinNZ]

ZnAl more than likely means it is made of zinc and designed for Aluminum Mag wheels. Not that it is an alloy of the two. Check your lead WW - alot of those have the AL designation too.

I concur. Either way though the Zn is becoming more prevelant.