Mystery ingot

[Harry Tobin]

Awhile ago I bought some reloading stuff from a guy that his father past away. His father was into guns and reloading, he kept all the guns but wasn’t interested in the reloading. So anyway in the stuff I got there was 2 ingots labeled EXTRA WIPING SOLDER. I looked around and couldn’t find anything so I’d thought I would ask you guys. I know there is a lot of knowledge here. So if anyone can shed some light on this mystery ingot I’d appreciate it
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[sureYnot]

http://chestofbooks.com/home-improvement/construction/plumbing/Standard-Practical/Chapter-II-Wiping-Solder-Its-Composition-And-Use.html

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[redhawk0]

This should be pure lead. It was used by plumbers to make lead traps for sinks. They would heat the lead and wipe it on a form to create the trap.

[EDIT} - I stand corrected....I was told by my plumber that wipe lead for traps was pure lead. Thanx for the lesson.

redhawk

[Dusty Bannister]

It is wiping solder and if you do a site search you will find it discussed in several threads. Post #2 gives you one of the references to help you figure out this "wiping solder" If you need to know the exact contents, melt off a small portion and forward to "BNE" a list member, along with a pound of lead for each sample tested.

[lightman]

Its probably 40-60. I would be tempted to keep it as a conservation piece.

[MaryB]

Depends on use, if it is form telephone cable use it is pretty high tin https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/j.1538-7305.1940.tb00829.x

[Hardcast416taylor]

I once came across 3 wiping lead bars that had the Dutch boy paint character on it.Robert