two questions?

[grubbylabs]

First I thought I read that some use pewter to add to their lead, if so how much pewter do you add to how much lead?

Second, I picked up a 5 gall bucket full to the brim with with WW, about how much weight should I expect to yield?

[alfloyd]

Pewter is almost pure tin, so add it like you would tin.
You only need about 2% tin to make nice boolits.

5 Gal of wheel weights, if they are clipons will give you about 110 lbs of ingots.
That is about what I get after melting down and removing the steel clips, rubber
valve stems and junk.

alfloyd

[grubbylabs]

Wow that is a lot of lead, I think most of them are clip on weights.

And the pewter is about the size of a butter dish and I only gave .99 cents for it. I think there was some more there but how do you tell if it is pewter if it does not say pewter on it. I only bought the one piece because it had it pewter engraved on it.

[alfloyd]

Stay away fron the Wilton Pewterex. It is not tin.

Ask me how I know, I have a box full of it. :(

alfloyd

[kbstenberg]

Hello Grubbylabs, welcome to the land of cast bullets.
If it is pewter 1 it will say pewter on the bottom of the item. 2 It will bend easily 3 Most molded plates with decorative designs are not pewter.
There are several threads in the alloy section of the stickies that explain in detail the specifics on Iding Pewter.
Kevin

[grubbylabs]

Thanks Keven, this is the only piece I bought since it was the only one that had pewter engraved in the bottom. In fact I wasn't even sure I should buy it but I figured for .99 cents I could gamble that pewter was what I needed. Now I just need to know when to use it.

[cajun shooter]

The Wilton Pewter is a blend of 9 metals and is not tin. It is very nice expensive dinner ware that is not good for smelting.

[Bloodman14]

One good way to I.D. pewter is that it will have a dull, silver-gray look to it. It will also bend very easily and will retain its shape; when it bends, listen for a creaking/squeaking sound.