Quote Originally Posted by skeetbum View Post
I probably have 300lbs of wheel weight material in the shed in ingots. Used the coleman stove and a big cast iron stew pot to melt em in. I let them get good and hot, then cleared out all foreign material I found on the surface. Is this clean enough? Thought about pouring my own but I already have lots of "stuff" from all I do and really don't need another. If all I need is a pouring pot and a couple of molds it would be worth looking into. And also is wheel weight material suitable for our purposes? I've heard conflicting reports. Thanx.
This is a hard question to answer. Hard lead is hard to pour if you have never done it before. I personally think it is better to mix it with pure soft. Pure soft is real easy to pour, but I think it is too soft, and in my case with bigger jigs, the paint doesn't hold up as well so I mix 30% soft with 70% hard. You will get a wide variety of answers on this as everyone pours differently and there are so many variables. I can pour straight hard lead with no problems, buy I've been pouring for 8 years. So will you have problems pouring pure hard, my answer would be yes. Definitely mix some soft into it. It also depends on the mold you use. Also each mold is different. I pour over 40 different molds and they all have their own characteristics. Even if you and I bought the same mold, some cavities pour better than others. It's the nature of the beast. I hope this helps answer some of your questions. If you need more help you can always PM me and I will try to help you further.