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<blockquote data-quote="Dumpstick" data-source="post: 3104994" data-attributes="member: 41653"><p>A few weeks ago, I had rendered down some wheel weights I had found, ended up with this -</p><p>[ATTACH=full]117121[/ATTACH] </p><p></p><p>85 pounds of ingots.</p><p></p><p> Today, I re-melted these ingots, fluxed twice with sawdust, three times with candle wax (to get the Sb back into solution), and ladled off 35 pounds of lead into smaller ingots.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]117127[/ATTACH] </p><p> Good clean stuff, these will go into the CWW stash.</p><p></p><p> That left me 50lbs of CWW in the pot. I added 2.25 lbs pewter (for the tin), and 50 pounds of soft lead (in the form of SWW - stick on wheel weight) that had been previously cleaned.</p><p> I ended up with 98 ingots, ~100lbs, of 50/50+2 alloy, good for almost all my handgun, and some rifle (when I get to it).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]117128[/ATTACH] </p><p></p><p> Happiness is a stack o' lead. More happiness is a bigger stack o' lead.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dumpstick, post: 3104994, member: 41653"] A few weeks ago, I had rendered down some wheel weights I had found, ended up with this - [ATTACH=full]117121[/ATTACH] 85 pounds of ingots. Today, I re-melted these ingots, fluxed twice with sawdust, three times with candle wax (to get the Sb back into solution), and ladled off 35 pounds of lead into smaller ingots. [ATTACH=full]117127[/ATTACH] Good clean stuff, these will go into the CWW stash. That left me 50lbs of CWW in the pot. I added 2.25 lbs pewter (for the tin), and 50 pounds of soft lead (in the form of SWW - stick on wheel weight) that had been previously cleaned. I ended up with 98 ingots, ~100lbs, of 50/50+2 alloy, good for almost all my handgun, and some rifle (when I get to it). [ATTACH=full]117128[/ATTACH] Happiness is a stack o' lead. More happiness is a bigger stack o' lead. [/QUOTE]
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