So I have a 5 gallon bucket that has only lead wheel weights. Any idea of how many pounds I'll get out of it?
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So I have a 5 gallon bucket that has only lead wheel weights. Any idea of how many pounds I'll get out of it?
I believe most get 120-150
Ok. Thanks. I'm going to smelt them this weekend. I ll repost with what I got out of it.
That question has been asked many many times. There is even a sticky covering it.
Do a search.
banger
"There is even a sticky covering it."
Been there for years, too.
Threw my left shoulder out trying to get a 3/4 full 5 gal. pail of weights out of my vehicle last week. OH WAIT! I`m old and decrepit on top of everything else wrong with me!Robert
Unless they are sorted into lead-base only, you'll get less than a few years ago due to zinc and steel weights being included. Some buckets I've scrounged up might go 20% non-lead. And gonna get worse, drat!
Forget the weight of a 5gal bucket of wheel weights. Did anyone hear about Doe Run?
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Yes, you can read all about it on the company web site. www.doerun.comOriginally Posted by jonp
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Last 5 Gal Bucket I got weighed 163lbs I have a salvage yard that saves WW for me and sorts out the Zinc and Steel for 50 cents a pound
God Bless you guys that mess with WW's! I quit that several years ago when Zn and Fe reared their ugly heads.
At my scrap yards, they have several 55 gallon barrels and big cardboard totes FULL of the darned things. Not worth my time or money when I can find CLEAN hardball and solder and lino for $1/#.
banger
Smelted about 2.5 gallons of all lead ww last night. I got 75lbs out of it and I left some in the pot to help with smelting next time. Hopefully I'll get to the rest soon but I have only one ingot mold so it takes forever.
You need to get some cheap muffin tins.
Put a pie tin with about a half inch of water in it on the floor. Once your ingot mold has "skinned" over simply lower it into the pie tin until it stops sizzling and then dump it out. It makes smelting with a single ingot mold a lot quicker but keep in mind that the water is not your friend around 650° molten lead, be very careful.
May I kindly suggest a "newbie" keep water about twenty feet from any lead melting process.
I thought about cooling it with water, but one slip up could ruin a good timeI'm on the look out for some cast iron muffin pans or those corn cob pans. There really isn't anything better than a friday night smelting!
If you want 1 pound ingots go to WalMart and look in the section where they have all the kitchen gadgets and junk. They have these stainless steel condiment cups that make great molds.
I've read that lead and stainless steel can be dangerous. Have you had any issues with those cups. The look perfect for the job
I smelt in a stainless pot, not had any issues.
We did a 5 gallon bucket and got 120 lbs of lead, these had been sorted before hand.
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