I am out of my tin supply and getting ready to do some first-pass melting of wheel weights along with some other lead alloys I have collected. I've always had good luck adding 1-2% tin to my mix.
I did a search on our Forum Vendor sponsors for purchasing tin and found none. Rotometals is having a 10% discount sale right now which would bring their tin pieces option down to about $25/pound plus shipping.
Where do you guys buy tin when you purchase it? (versus scrounge it which seems to be harder and harder to do)
NB-And I've never understood why it is so expensive...does it have to do with the mining or the processing?
Thanks for any suggestions
Paul