I recently came across about 250 pounds of wheel weights. I have a propane turkey frier burner. What I want to do is melt down the wheel weights into ingots. I don't have the time or $ right now to start casting, but retirement is coming in a couple of years.
To make the ingots I am thinking of melting the weights in a dedicated 10 quart cast iron pot. After fluxing to remove the junk and clips, I am thinking of ladeling the molten lead into muffin tins to form the ingots. Am I thinking of doing anything wrong at this point?
Will an ordinary old cheap ccoking ladel work? Will a cheap set of throw away muffin tins work? Can I just flux with some old motor oil or a mixture of motor oil and sawdust? If so, how much per pot of molten lead?
Caution will be taken to avoid fumes, watch out for moisture in the weights, burning oneself with the melt, ect.
Any help and suggestions are welcome. At this point in time I just want to get the wheel weights cleanup up and in a form that will easy to store for future use.