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clearcut
08-29-2014, 12:01 AM
I just found some old lead tinsel in a garage can any one tell me the alloy?
thanks CC
Bullshop
08-29-2014, 12:08 AM
Might be tin.
Bzcraig
08-29-2014, 12:13 AM
Not trying to be a smartarse but you call it 'lead tinsel' is it not lead?
clearcut
08-29-2014, 12:35 AM
I think it is but I just got it and haven't messed with it yet ,it is still in the box,it looks like the stuff we used when I was a kid back in the sixty's.The box feels about 1 lb.
CC
clearcut
09-02-2014, 11:33 PM
SO DOSE ANY ONE KNOW WHET THE ALLOY IS ???
cc
Blanco
09-02-2014, 11:54 PM
Kinda hard to tell on the forum
probably best way is to melt some down and use a thermometer to track at what temp it melts. The more alloy or other than lead content the lower the melting point.
imashooter2
09-03-2014, 06:34 AM
What? Did you find 500 pounds of it? Toss it in a pot with your other scrap and pretend it's pure.