Lead Sticks ??

[pressonregardless]

I had a buddy of mine drop me off about 20 # of lead sticks. They have A.I.M. #5470 stamped on some of them, and measure about 3/8 x 5/8 in various lengths up to about 10".

I'm pretty sure that its body shop lead, just wondering if its pure or if anybody might know something about its composition.

[Cactus Farmer]

It's a special alloy just for my Asperly Aimless. Won't work very well for meer moral guns. Just send it to me and I'll despose of it a timely manner.

Melt it and watch temps. Bend one to see relative hardness too,could be solder......

[pressonregardless]

Who would have ever thunk it - these sticks working in a Asperly Aimless !!!

Well it is somewhat flexible, most likely PB, I think its too stiff to be solder...dunno??

[castormd]

Sounds by the dimensions of it may be bar solder. If it came from a body shop, years ago they used to rebuild fenders and quarter panels with wiping solder, before the invention of body bondo. It may be 60/40 wiping solder which is 60 tin and 40 lead but that stuff is kinda brittle.

[pressonregardless]

Sounds by the dimensions of it may be bar solder. If it came from a body shop, years ago they used to rebuild fenders and quarter panels with wiping solder, before the invention of body bondo. It may be 60/40 wiping solder which is 60 tin and 40 lead but that stuff is kinda brittle.

Interesting, is there anything that I can do to test this material? I can take these sticks and bend them double without much effort.

Hate to threat them as pure if in fact they were 60% tin.

[Muddy Creek Sam]

http://www.aimsolder.com.au/catalog/...651d13a5ah9693

[pressonregardless]

http://www.aimsolder.com.au/catalog/...651d13a5ah9693

Thanks Sam, I think you guys nailed it. I appreciate the help !!