Wheel Weights and Powder Coat

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Total of 11 buckets of wheel weights. Ended up after sorting 6 and a half buckets of good lead. Not bad for being free. That will bring my total to around 2,000 pounds of ingots. Got free shipping to Canada for Eastwood Powder. I am set for a while. Will keep collecting wheel weights. I am sure it will run out soon enough. Anyone here have heard when they will be eliminating lead wheel weights in Canada?

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You can probably get your powder free as well from some of the commercial sprayers in the community, just ask for a color over-runs that they probably will never use again. I have acquired three or four different colors this way, probably not colors you would choose but beggars cant be choosers. On good score I made was over 7 lbs of JD yellow still in the shipping can...more than I will use in 3 lifetimes...and all I had to do was carry it out the door.
 
fingers284 said:
You can probably get your powder free as well from some of the commercial sprayers in the community, just ask for a color over-runs that they probably will never use again. I have acquired three or four different colors this way, probably not colors you would choose but beggars cant be choosers. On good score I made was over 7 lbs of JD yellow still in the shipping can...more than I will use in 3 lifetimes...and all I had to do was carry it out the door.
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A few years ago i went knocking at some commercial sprayers in the area and end up with 3 different colors, 10 kilos each color, i think i'm good for a while.
 
Wheel weights will never be eliminated as steel & aluminum tire rims cannot be truly balanced without something.
The typical lead wheel weight is already becoming over-run by zink ones & steel ones. Plus leadlike WW's that won't melt...

One can spend an enormous amount of time just sorting through a bucket of that stuff. Many casters & reloaders now prefer to use others spent lead, aka range scrap. Most ranges will allow interested parties to scoop some, or even encourage it.

I still like the powder coat products that Emerald Coatings in Palmerston, Ontario sell. Their clear coat & tool blue is pretty much foolproof, gives great coverage & is still economical.
 
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