okshooter
02-07-2011, 11:35 AM
Background info: Using a Lee bottom pour pot, Lee molds, scrap lead. In 2008 I melted down all the wheel weights on hand, cast some 150 gr. SWC and had no apparent problems other than "beginners luck" getting bullets to come out looking ok. Lee mold messed up, they discontinued it and I took a hiatus.
A couple of days back I melted down scrap conisting of some very dirty wheel weights, battery terminals, solder wire, sprue bits and a couple of the wheel weight ingots.
This melt resulted in the gold/blue colors mentioned in posts I have read on this forum. It also made the pot very dirty so I decided to empty it into the ingot mold so it could be cleaned. The ingots turned out frosty and almost a white color. I believe, from studying posts on this forum, I had the temperature too high and/or have a zinc problem.
Can these ingots be salvaged by using sulphur or adding some plumber's lead and remelting? There are four ingots so conisdering all the good material I still have, not a big loss.
Thanks for any help. I am enjoying reading and learning from this forum.
A couple of days back I melted down scrap conisting of some very dirty wheel weights, battery terminals, solder wire, sprue bits and a couple of the wheel weight ingots.
This melt resulted in the gold/blue colors mentioned in posts I have read on this forum. It also made the pot very dirty so I decided to empty it into the ingot mold so it could be cleaned. The ingots turned out frosty and almost a white color. I believe, from studying posts on this forum, I had the temperature too high and/or have a zinc problem.
Can these ingots be salvaged by using sulphur or adding some plumber's lead and remelting? There are four ingots so conisdering all the good material I still have, not a big loss.
Thanks for any help. I am enjoying reading and learning from this forum.