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maillemaker · July 15, 2011, 12:21 PM

So I was melting wheel weights last week, and in the bucket were a bunch of "stick-on" wheel weights. Supposedly these are pure lead, and should be weeded out of wheel weight alloy as it dillutes your alloy. I did not care that much since I don't know what the alloy is and did not trust that it was pure lead anyway, so I threw them in the pot. I cut into them with my pocket knife and they cut easily and revealed shiny metal, so I was sure these were lead.

But in the melting pot, even though the rest of the wheel weights had melted, these did not, so I pulled them from the melt with the dross.

Any idea what these are?

Steve

July 15, 2011, 12:21 PM	#1
maillemaker Senior Member Join Date: August 30, 2010 Posts: 1,635	stick-on weights are pure lead? So I was melting wheel weights last week, and in the bucket were a bunch of "stick-on" wheel weights. Supposedly these are pure lead, and should be weeded out of wheel weight alloy as it dillutes your alloy. I did not care that much since I don't know what the alloy is and did not trust that it was pure lead anyway, so I threw them in the pot. I cut into them with my pocket knife and they cut easily and revealed shiny metal, so I was sure these were lead. But in the melting pot, even though the rest of the wheel weights had melted, these did not, so I pulled them from the melt with the dross. Any idea what these are? Steve