Crap! Thats ugly!

[Fatdaddy]

Ok, I've been reading for 6 months how a zinc ww can "Charlie" up your melt. I found out first hand this afternoon while trying to smelt and reload at the same time. I guess I lost track of time and when I checked my pot I had nothing but clips and the nastiest purplish plasticy/lumpy mess I'd ever seen. I usually keep a pretty close eye on what goes in and if one gets missed I've always had plenty of time to scoop up the offending floater and discard. I tried skimming it off, boy did that work! Looked like little crystals swirling up under the melt.:incazzato:
Lesson learned.

[cohutt]

try smelting a giant piece of what you thought to be a usable babbit only to figure out (too late) that it was a big assed hunk of zomething Zinc:

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m284/cohutt/funkyalloy9907009.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m284/cohutt/funkyalloy9907005.jpg

[jawjaboy]

Ok, I've been reading for 6 months how a zinc ww can "Charlie" up your melt. I found out first hand this afternoon while trying to smelt and reload at the same time. I guess I lost track of time and when I checked my pot I had nothing but clips and the nastiest purplish plasticy/lumpy mess I'd ever seen. I usually keep a pretty close eye on what goes in and if one gets missed I've always had plenty of time to scoop up the offending floater and discard. I tried skimming it off, boy did that work! Looked like little crystals swirling up under the melt.:incazzato:
Lesson learned.

I sho hope it twern't da alley lead. Say it ain't so.

[Fatdaddy]

It was about 10lbs of the alley lead. My propane tank is down to fumes and I's trying to finish it off with just a few pounds before trading my tank in. Made me some nice zinc McMuffins though. I think I'll take em to the recycling place the next load of wire I haul off. May get $5 for em as lead.
Still got the motherload though.

[VN350X10]

you can always use the messed up melt for fishing sinkers.

They dasn't needs ta be purdy.

[Shadowdog500]

:iagree:

If you fish, get some sinker molds! I havent bought a sinker in years!

I use do-it sinker molds, and they work very well.

Chris