Stick on wheel weights

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I know this has probably been posted before. I've got a guy who owns a tire shop and just gave me a 5 gallon bucket of stick on wheel weights. I haven't done anything with them yet. Didn't I see somewhere on this forum that stick on weights are bad ju-ju?

[Jamesconn]

They aren't bad they are just softer than clip ons so smelt separately you can use them later to adjust the hardness of an alloy or to mix 75% stickons and 25% clip on for hollow point boolits also useful in muzzle loaders

[white eagle]

probably close to pure lead
stretch yer existing supply of w/w with 50/50
stick on/clip on

[birdadly]

Just to mention, there are zinc and iron stickons as well, so still separate from soft lead ones.

[grumpy one]

I've read on internet sources that stick-ons are usually (not always) about 1.5% tin. This might be to make them stay shiny. The ones I've melted acted as if they were high tin compared with clip-ons. I agree about the zincers being a problem - they get harder and harder to detect, both in stick-ons and clip-ons.

[mongo]

I got a bunch that I havent smelted yet, Do you need to remove the tape before so it doesnt mess up your pot? Or does all the sticky glue and tape just burn off?

[badbob454]

it will burn off. or skim it off once the lead melts or you can light it with a match to lessen the smoke i personally skim off what i can and light the rest to clean it up once burned off stir real good and skim off all the dross ( top scum ) ladel into molds and remember to ...mark as soft lead ... p/s a pair of pliars will not dent zinc or steel when you try to crush it so the rest is lead
post script ... do this outside !!

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Will a magnet pickup zinc wheel weights?

[2wheelDuke]

Will a magnet pickup zinc wheel weights?

No, unless it sticks to the steel clip on a zinc clipon.

A strong magnet will grab the clip on lead weights as well, so make sure it's the clip sticking to the magnet before you toss a weight.

I've also had lead stickons stick to the tape of iron/steel clipons and wind up stuck to the magnet that way.

[Stick_man]

With the stick-ons, you generally wont even be able to bend the zinc or iron weights, but no problem with the lead ones. There are some that feel like a very heavy, dense foam weight that I haven't even tried to deal with so far. I figure it's probably not worth the time to extract any lead from them.

[bumpo628]

Lead weights can be dented by side cutters. Zinc and Iron weights can not.
Stick-on lead makes a thud sound when dropped. Clip-on lead makes a slightly higher pitched thud. Zinc makes a ringing noise.
Most zinc weights say "Zn" on them. Iron weights are magnetic and usually say "Fe".

I usually sort wheel weights with a strong magnet stuck to the back of a pair of side cutters. That way I don't have to switch tools to check everything.

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All good info. Thanks Guys!

[xringdave]

I've had good luck with stick-on ww, i went 50% stick-on 50% clip-on made nice boolits.
the only problem for me was the glue burning off i live in the city. good luck.

[fredj338]

I've had good luck with stick-on ww, i went 50% stick-on 50% clip-on made nice boolits.
the only problem for me was the glue burning off i live in the city. good luck.

My issue as well. I still have a 3gal bucket full of stickies. YOu can take teh tapeoff by soaking them in mineral spirits for a bit, but that does add to the price.