Quick Question regarding Lead Weights

[Duster340]

Hey Folks,

Pardon my ignorance (don't flame me :mrgreen: ), but I have a quick question regarding melting down some old lead fishing weights. Found a few pounds of them. They are the ones with the brass eyelets molded in. Planning to melt & flux them for ingots. Safe to say the brass can be scooped out with a perforated spoon once the lead melts? Any worry about the brass melting? All my scrap lead thus far has not had anything but lead, so I just melt flux, repeat etc.... Thanks in advance!

Be well all...

[Yodogsandman]

They'll float on top so you can scoop them out.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

No problems, just like you said, scoup 'em out after the lead alloy is melted.

[DeanWinchester]

Brass melts at almost 1000 degrees hotter than lead.

You'll be fine.

[Duster340]

Yodogsandman, JonB & Dean - Thanks for the quick replies. Much appreciated. Gonna melt em down tonight.

Take care and thanks again