KirkD
10-18-2008, 07:21 PM
Okay. I've been scrounging wheel weights and melting them down an making 2-pound muffin ingots. I've found a few zinc wheel weights floating in my melt so I hauled them out. They were a variety of sizes, but look different from lead ones, so I figure I should be able to identify them now before I toss them in my melt.
Now for the question. My first melt, I wasn't really aware of zinc wheel weights. They are so rare that I may not have had any, but I don't know if my first set of ingots contain any zinc or not. Two questions:
1. When I melt the ingots down to make bullets, if I keep the temp below 780 degrees, if there is any zinc in the ingot, should it float to the top and I can skim it off?
2. What's wrong with a little zinc in my bullets?
As you can guess, I'm just learning.
Now for the question. My first melt, I wasn't really aware of zinc wheel weights. They are so rare that I may not have had any, but I don't know if my first set of ingots contain any zinc or not. Two questions:
1. When I melt the ingots down to make bullets, if I keep the temp below 780 degrees, if there is any zinc in the ingot, should it float to the top and I can skim it off?
2. What's wrong with a little zinc in my bullets?
As you can guess, I'm just learning.