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<blockquote data-quote="Blitzfike" data-source="post: 2291375" data-attributes="member: 807"><p>Also if doing it outside, watch for rain. Water hitting molten lead results in a steam explosion. I have a pretty scar on one arm from that. Didn't take me long to learn that lesson.. Wheel weights are now made from zinc, I guess to satisfy the EPA. Zinc mixed in your molten lead (and it will melt if using a fish cooker to render your scrap lead to cast it into ingots..) will result in a mold that doesn't want to fill out the sharp edges of the bullet. A cast iron mold could be cleaned from the zinc residue with muriatic acid, but that would eat the aluminum mold pretty quickly. Old plumbing lead, lead rom X-Ray facilities when torn down, and scrap lead of other types all form the core of your casting material. I use a Lee Lead Hardness tester when making up my mixes. I usually do about 40 pounds at once. I mix Linotype in to get the hardness I want, but Linotype is getting harder to get also. Pure Tin and Antimony will harden pure lead when added to it. Plumbers Solder has quite a bit of tin in it, and the newer stuff has no lead at all. Good to add to the mix. I have about 600 pounds in ingots at present, and my buddy I cast with has about the same. Good luck and ask all the questions you want. This is a great forum and great bunch of folks here. Blitzfike</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blitzfike, post: 2291375, member: 807"] Also if doing it outside, watch for rain. Water hitting molten lead results in a steam explosion. I have a pretty scar on one arm from that. Didn't take me long to learn that lesson.. Wheel weights are now made from zinc, I guess to satisfy the EPA. Zinc mixed in your molten lead (and it will melt if using a fish cooker to render your scrap lead to cast it into ingots..) will result in a mold that doesn't want to fill out the sharp edges of the bullet. A cast iron mold could be cleaned from the zinc residue with muriatic acid, but that would eat the aluminum mold pretty quickly. Old plumbing lead, lead rom X-Ray facilities when torn down, and scrap lead of other types all form the core of your casting material. I use a Lee Lead Hardness tester when making up my mixes. I usually do about 40 pounds at once. I mix Linotype in to get the hardness I want, but Linotype is getting harder to get also. Pure Tin and Antimony will harden pure lead when added to it. Plumbers Solder has quite a bit of tin in it, and the newer stuff has no lead at all. Good to add to the mix. I have about 600 pounds in ingots at present, and my buddy I cast with has about the same. Good luck and ask all the questions you want. This is a great forum and great bunch of folks here. Blitzfike [/QUOTE]
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