Gear,
I was just shooting my wife's .38 in the back yard tonight and my Glock 23 without raising any eyebrows so I don't think any black smoke would bother anyone.
Gear,
I was just shooting my wife's .38 in the back yard tonight and my Glock 23 without raising any eyebrows so I don't think any black smoke would bother anyone.
Well give what I do a try, you can use charcoal lighter fluid also to burn off the trash, reduce the oxides, and help add BTUs to the weights.
Gear
Which is why most of us don't put anything but clean alloy into a BP casting pot. One reason the Lee pot gets a bad rap for leaking, guys smelt in them & empty them. Keep it at least half full all the time & use clean alloy, my two pots rarely drip much at all.
Mineral spirits works great for removing the gooo, but it's not cheap & it's kinda messy to work with. Just put them into a bucket, pour in the MS & wait about an hour, the stuff falls off. You want to dry them out well before smelting though.Well give what I do a try, you can use charcoal lighter fluid also to burn off the trash, reduce the oxides, and help add BTUs to the weights.
Mineral spirits is a mild smelling solvent from most any paint supply.
It dries completely but not real fast.
Melting Stuff is FUN!Sent from my PC with a keyboard and camera on it with internet too.
Shooting stuff is even funner
L W Knight
If it's bought at a paint supply place I'm assuming it would be to remove paint and might possibly be flammable, am I right? Just checking...
Most of the stick-on weights I have gotten are pure lead or close to it. I separate them out.
put the stick on ww in a cast iron pan or pot and put in the middle of a small camp fire itll burn off most of the smoke and skim off the top when melted and cast into muffin tins or ingots , dont mess up your casting pot shoot stick ons in the black powder and s/guns slugs , and save clip ons ,to water quench, and shoot in magnum guns and rifles ..
I was just making another suggestion. Not everyone has a 55-gallon barrel of old diesel lying around in the garage like I do to go get a half cupful from whenever a fire is needed, but lots of people have lighter fluid on hand. The burning diesel fuel really helps melt the weights down in the smelting pot, the propane burner heats the bottom and the burning diesel in the pot heats the weights in the top part.
Gear
It's a good suggestion, Gear. I'll try it in a future smelting session. In my limited experience, lighting the wax has worked, but i'll give the lighter fluid a try.
Heating from above does seem to speed up the process quite a bit.
...good advice from all.
Naptha, white=gas, lighter fluid----ALL very flamable AND quick to produce fumes all around the area! Diesel, used oil---not so much! The first group WILL give you a six foot flame IF you wait too long between pouring it on and lighting it off (too long is a VERY subjective time frame LOL). Have a great SAFE day!
R.D.M.
I must be running my smelt to hot. I can remove all the steel and drop in a half inch of candle and the candle melts and spreads out then it catches fire all by it's self. I just don't thnk I could pour liquid fuel on a 650 degree liquid metal. My arms aren't near long enough.
23 rd. Vice President of Old Farts International
I think I'd be right there beside you woodyubet! Not too sure that I trust it completely. I may shave my head, but I like the hair on my face.
Yep the lead may stink when it's melting but when the candle goes in every body is happy with the smell.........Besides I can get candles at local junk shops for 25 cents each.
23 rd. Vice President of Old Farts International
Keep the smelt at 600* and the junk WW's will not melt. Too many of those zinc things going around.
NO liquid fuel on hot lead!
My wife found me a huge block of paraffin, must have weighed 15#, for $2. I keep my propane torch handy and when I toss in a chunk I just light it with the torch. I use a spoon with a long wood handle to stir the melt.
I let the heat take care of tape weight adhesive as well. The lead melts and leaves the adhesive on top as a messy, flaming dross. I just skim it off and blow it out.
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Personally i just put them in with rest of WW's and let them smoke and stink all they want, then flux and try to clean pot after i get thru. And you right about us poor folks down here.
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