weird soft lead "foam" stick on wheel weights

[Oklahoma Rebel]

are these some kind of foam rubber or whatever with lead powder in them? has anyone tried to melt these down or throw in a batch. assuming it is lead could I throw it in with other lead I was smelting? I figure worse thing that could happen is I have more crud to skim off the top, but if it isn't lead I don't want it in there, especially if it is zinc. but it seems too heavy to be made with zinc. thank you
Travis

[triggerhappy243]

take a propane torch to it and see what it does. melt 1 or 2.

[MrWolf]

I just tossed them. You are talking about the spongy type I assume?

[Scooby]

They are Impregnated foam/ rubber, I have a buddy who works at a chevy dealer and says the boxes they come in some time say contains lead and sometimes do not. I have not tried to melt them to recover anything from them. I just put them in with my scrap.

[Electric88]

I've seen those as well. I also just pitch them

[bangerjim]

Don't even waste time and fuel melting them. Throw them away. Re-melting them is a total mess and you will salvage very little usable metal out of them.

[montanamike]

I have messed around with them. I agree with everyone else. They're garbage....

[berksglh]

+1. Not worth the mess.

[RogerDat]

+1 for trash the rubber ones along with the other debris. Also skip the lead lined aprons from x-ray offices. Weight not worth the burning plastic/rubber. Spend the money on actual lead.

[Oklahoma Rebel]

ok thanks guys, that's exactly what I wanted to know, was pretty sure they had lead due to their weight but didn't know if it was enough to be worth it. have a good day
Travis

[leebuilder]

Plus one they are trash. I kept a few of the bigger ones the make good vise pads for holding brass and screws securely for sawing or filing.
Be well

[Oklahoma Rebel]

hey good idea LeeBuilder! thanks

[Quickdraw4u]

My tire store guy told me they are made of foam and powdered iron or steel and maybe some other scrap like tungsten, lead, etc. I generally throw them away. The vice jaw pads are a good idea. Most of mine are mildly magnetic so there must be some iron in there somewhere.

[762 shooter]

They make good filler in your cast iron and zinc buckets you take to the recycle center.

762

[6622729]

+++ Seen these for motorcycle balance weights. Junk, junk, junk. No boolits here.