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[Reddirt62]

So I nabbed these today and once I discovered they were used as ballast in a racecar I asked what the source of the lead was and was told mostly WW with a few pieces of bar lead? So I shall melt and test to see what I got for sure! All in all I am happy!
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[bosterr]

A while back I got some race car ballast that was pretty well laced with zinc. Since racers have cutting torches, figure your ballast was melted with a torch and no care was taken to sort the zinc out. I treated it with copper sulfate and worked it in with other lead until it was gone.

[Reddirt62]

A while back I got some race car ballast that was pretty well laced with zinc. Since racers have cutting torches, figure your ballast was melted with a torch and no care was taken to sort the zinc out. I treated it with copper sulfate and worked it in with other lead until it was gone.
Is there a way to test it, at home, for zinc?

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[holsterguy]

I read that a drop or two of muriatic on the lead will fizz and bubble if zinc is present.

[Reddirt62]

I read that a drop or two of muriatic on the lead will fizz and bubble if zinc is present.
Thanks.

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[bosterr]

I read that a drop or two of muriatic on the lead will fizz and bubble if zinc is present.

^^^^^^
What he said.

[6622729]

Yep, hydrochloric acid will fizz on zinc. Please do it so we know what the end to the story is. Figers crossed for you.

[lightman]

Looks like a nice score! I would defiantly do the acid drop test on them though. Hoping its all good stuff.