Coalforge1
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Is there any practical way to soften lead or remove the added material? IE - make wheel weight lead usable for muzzleloading?
I will give that a try. I swapped some to a fellow for pure lead but I still have quite a bit of hard ingots. I am not sure what it is but I can't scratch it with my fingernail.FrontierGander said:You could try heating it REALLY HOT to help separate the different alloys.
Most of us do not have equipment that can get hot enough to separate alloys out of lead. I seem to recall being told you need to be at about 1400 degrees. Even if you could do it, that would be a very dangerous procedure. BTW, I don't use flux, I merely stir my lead and skim what rises to the top.Coalforge said:I will give that a try. I swapped some to a fellow for pure lead but I still have quite a bit of hard ingots. I am not sure what it is but I can't scratch it with my fingernail.FrontierGander said:You could try heating it REALLY HOT to help separate the different alloys.
Different subject: How's the neck?
This is what I found I couldn't get some so called Soft Lead Igots to melt.Rifleman1776 said:Most of us do not have equipment that can get hot enough to separate alloys out of lead. I seem to recall being told you need to be at about 1400 degrees. Even if you could do it, that would be a very dangerous procedure. BTW, I don't use flux, I merely stir my lead and skim what rises to the top.Coalforge said:I will give that a try. I swapped some to a fellow for pure lead but I still have quite a bit of hard ingots. I am not sure what it is but I can't scratch it with my fingernail.FrontierGander said:You could try heating it REALLY HOT to help separate the different alloys.
Different subject: How's the neck?
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