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<blockquote data-quote="ok-22shooter" data-source="post: 3556320" data-attributes="member: 42477">made it thru sorting 220 lbs of purchased tire shop weights, 1 and a half 5 gallon buckets. breakdown as followslead WW clip on.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 50%flat wheel weights&nbsp;&nbsp; 16%Zinc clip on.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 5%steel and misc.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 28%steel weight has some small lead WWs that were not worth sorting and some missed zinc.&nbsp; my cost around $0.35 per pound but still includes the steel clips. 4 hours sorting and I still have to convert WW and pure lead to ingots. The zinc weights sorted out all have Zn on the weight. Testing hardness with side cutter pliers give almost no indentation.Flat steel weights all have some indented number that is pretty clear. some of the flat lead has numbers but not as distinct. in testing hardness of flat lead with pliers, some are very easy to cut typical of pure lead, some have a bit of brittleness like the lead WW. I am guessing not all flat lead weights are pure lead.The lead clip on weights have all sorts of codes (micro, mc, al-mc, p). The code is for the type of wheel rim it attaches too. Google is our friend.(lawson products)&nbsp; Picture is of about 40 lbs sort showing two piles of clip on.&nbsp; This was b4 I figured out what micro, mc... meant. closest pile of clip ons is of P marked weights which at the time I thought was for lead, actually for steel rims. box is steel, left pile zinc, plastic jug flat lead.The saga continuous...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ok-22shooter, post: 3556320, member: 42477"] made it thru sorting 220 lbs of purchased tire shop weights, 1 and a half 5 gallon buckets. breakdown as follows lead WW clip on. 50% flat wheel weights 16% Zinc clip on. 5% steel and misc. 28% steel weight has some small lead WWs that were not worth sorting and some missed zinc. my cost around $0.35 per pound but still includes the steel clips. 4 hours sorting and I still have to convert WW and pure lead to ingots. The zinc weights sorted out all have Zn on the weight. Testing hardness with side cutter pliers give almost no indentation. Flat steel weights all have some indented number that is pretty clear. some of the flat lead has numbers but not as distinct. in testing hardness of flat lead with pliers, some are very easy to cut typical of pure lead, some have a bit of brittleness like the lead WW. I am guessing not all flat lead weights are pure lead. The lead clip on weights have all sorts of codes (micro, mc, al-mc, p). The code is for the type of wheel rim it attaches too. Google is our friend.(lawson products) Picture is of about 40 lbs sort showing two piles of clip on. This was b4 I figured out what micro, mc... meant. closest pile of clip ons is of P marked weights which at the time I thought was for lead, actually for steel rims. box is steel, left pile zinc, plastic jug flat lead. The saga continuous... [/QUOTE]

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