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jerseybuddha

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Best way to pour depends on what you are pouring. I use a ladle for most of my pouring. Palmer does make a pot that has a spout to pour directly. Always had problems with mine either clogging up or dripping. On lead, I prefer the soft lead that you get from plumbers supply places (5# ingots) to wheel weights. A lot of non-lead stuff that goes into wheel weights. Wheel weights do fine for some molds, not so much for others.

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I got over 800 pounds of w/w's in the shed waiting to be melted down. Get mine free....so I use it. Mix it with the soft lead.

 

Bad thing about w/w's, if you only use that and sell sinkers/jigs, they most times are not the weight they are to be. A 4 oz. Spro may only weigh 3.6oz. Those other metals they add to w/w's are not as heavy as the lead. As much as they charge for sinkers right now, people want a 7oz. sinker when they pay for it, not a 6.4oz.

 

Roto-Metals web site has 99% pure lead .....51-55# shipped to your house for $115.

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