Overcooked wheel weights

[splattersmith]

What happens when one way overcooks wheel weights when smelting? You see, a hundred or so nekked Playmates had an Easter egg hunt on my property and I forgot about the toasting wheel weights.

The lead looks gray and crystyline and doesn't pour very well. And, what would be the fix for such idiocy, if any?

[geargnasher]

You aren't likely to overcook wheel weights, if it's grey and crystalline when melted the alloy likely is undercooked.

Gear

[Springfield]

If you had a lot of zinc weights in there you may be in trouble, but I have had this happen. Just melt them down again and flux quite a bit to get them to behave again. Works for me. I don't know why, it just does.

[fryboy]

i'm sure that they are toast , best let us dispose of the umm evidence for ya ...

worse case ? all the tin is oxidized , fluxin should fix it

even worser is the mentioned zinc thing

[462]

Zinc comtamination. Flux and skim till it's gone. You'll lose some good lead in the process, but you are now smarter.

Lesson learned: keep the heat down...don't become distracted from the job at hand...tell the Playmates to play elsewhere...

[white eagle]

Ya burnt da led !!!!

[Doby45]

Mix in a buttload of sawdust and just keep stirring..

[starbits]

You see, a hundred or so nekked Playmates had an Easter egg hunt on my property and I forgot about the toasting wheel weights.


Pictures!! How can we solve your problem without pictures, lots and lots of pictures [smilie=1:

Starbits

[220swiftfn]

Quote:
Originally Posted by splattersmith View Post
You see, a hundred or so nekked Playmates had an Easter egg hunt on my property and I forgot about the toasting wheel weights.
Pictures!! How can we solve your problem without pictures, lots and lots of pictures

Starbits


yep, and we'll have to see the lead too......

Dan

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

If it's zinc contaminated, just trade/sell it to the fishin' weight casters.
Jon

[splattersmith]

I thought it might cause zinc issues. I will fux the behop out of it with wood shavings, I have lost of that material.

And by gosh, I completely forgot I even owned a camera at the time. Double stupid.

[mac1911]

you best have some of those "hunters" on film.

[splattersmith]

Did a long session last night. It was horrible. The 20-1 Rotometals stuff was great at hand ladling. [Doing 500+g single 45s.] The overcooked WW from my bottom pour Lee were lousy.:x Inclusions, rough and wrinkled. I even emptied the pot and fully cleaned it. I heated the mould longer and longer on the hot plate but no glee.:x

Then ---:idea::idea::idea:-- I found the hot plate had changed into a warm plate. Stinkin' plate. It could have failed completely, but noooo, it wanted to torment me.

When I heated the mould to proper temp on the pot, happieness. The overcooked lead worked great. Beautiful boolits. :lovebooli Stupid boolit maker.

Anyway, there was no visable damage to the lead batch as you all suggested. Thanks all.

[a.squibload]

And by gosh, I completely forgot I even owned a camera at the time.

It's just as well, modern cameras can get shorted out by drool...