I'm working my way through my first bucket of wheel weights. I was very careful (I think?) to sort lead from zinc and steel.
My first two batches of ingots came out as I expected. Yeah!
Last batch, though...
As I was getting ready to pour, I felt what seemed like clay or thick cottage cheese on the sides/bottom of the pot. The first two ingots came out fine, but the rest looked like crumbly clay. Though they did hold together. AS I was pouring, the "lead" cooled almost instantly in the ladle and molds.
Did I get zinc contamination? Or was my lead too cold? (Its like 20 degrees here.)
ETA: I looked at Furtunecookie45LC's Youtube video on zinc contamination. My ingots look a lot like his...