mac1911
08-23-2010, 09:31 PM
Yesterday I sorted and smelted down the last batch of WW.
As I was cleaning up I filled a 2qt cast pot with Zinc wheel weights. It took the 20psi burner a long time to get these buggers melted and the frame of the burner got red red hot.
This does not happen when I do known lead weights.
Well I wasted enough gas to learn my current smelting method is not going to get much zinc melted in my mix.
I tried to get rid of a bucket of Zinc WW to a couple of guys I know that make there own weights. They dont like zinK. Say it doesnt fill the molds nice??
As I was cleaning up I filled a 2qt cast pot with Zinc wheel weights. It took the 20psi burner a long time to get these buggers melted and the frame of the burner got red red hot.
This does not happen when I do known lead weights.
Well I wasted enough gas to learn my current smelting method is not going to get much zinc melted in my mix.
I tried to get rid of a bucket of Zinc WW to a couple of guys I know that make there own weights. They dont like zinK. Say it doesnt fill the molds nice??