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Thread: Stick on wheel weights melting temp

  1. 10-03-2018, 02:34 PM #1
    Jackpine
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    Stick on wheel weights melting temp

    I have accumulated a couple of buckets of stick on wheel weights that I have culled from the clip on weights. Not having a use for them, I have just let them pile up. Decided I should smelt them into ingots. As I assume they are softer than the clip on weights, I thought they would melt at a lower temp, but unless my electric heating source has gone bad since I last used it, they require a higher temp. Does that make sense?

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  2. 10-03-2018, 02:39 PM #2
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    Yes, they are near pure...Pure melts at 621ºF
    COWW melt around 500º or so.

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    Consider them as pure lead.
    I mix them 50-50 , lead and COWW , makes an excellent alloy and extends my stash of COWW's .
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    My poor old hand me down propane burner will hardly melt plumbers lead , but I think it keeps me out of trouble melting down ww . I don't think I could melt zink with it if I tried .
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    Pure is worth keeping around. Mix it 50-50 with COWW's, or ingot it and sell to some muzzleloader shooters; they would be happy to get it!
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  6. 10-03-2018, 06:39 PM #6
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    Now I know. Thanks.

    Amazing that this is a world wide forum, and the first person who responds lives 50 miles from me.

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