Originally Posted by longarm
Sorted out the Fe, Zn, and plastic weights. Started with a 5 gallon bucket maybe 4/5 full. That included all kinds of crap from the tire shop floor.. valve stems lots of lug bolts, washers, some trash, and of course the undesirable weights.
Finished with this much lead. Not super, but free and I'm happy enough. Dirty job.

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It gets easier after you sort a few. You get a routine established and you get a feel for the Zinc weights. Get a box of those rubber mechanics gloves.

One of the buckets that I got last year had a used oil filter standing up in it. Another had a wheel cylinder draining in it. Talk about nasty. But the lead was still good and shiny once it was melted!

If al goes as planned a buddy is planning to come over in the morning and we plan to smelt all of the scrap we scavenged last year. We'll see..............

Last edited by lightman; 04/01/21.
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