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I completely disagree with wheel weights being usesless. As long as you pour blanks till your mold is hot and use a graphite mold release they are awesome. I will take wheel weights first given a choice.

Thanks for info about zinc.

I think it would be easier if you tried to insert a 2nd wire keeper in that mold, it would be quite similar without all that machining, a wire keeper is hands down better than any lead keeper out there IMHO.

One cavity at a time lay a finishing nail where you want the weedguard. Close the mold and hit it with a hammer a few times. This will make a groove to use as a guide on each side of the mold. Open up the groove to fit the base pin with a file or drill. The cavities by the hinge will be harder because the hinge gets in the way. Short Teflon pins will be easier to fit and you might not be able to pour multiple cavities at one time.

I'm working on some casting spoons now. Painting with createx and dipping them in GST. Hopefully be able to dip in the morning. I will post the results when I'm done.

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Yes, but it depends on the jig. Wheel weights are not good for small jigs or those with intricate parts but for my bigger saltwater stuff it isn't a problem. You do have to sort them first tossing the steel and zinc ones. Then clean out tons of dross and clips after it is melted. I have a big pot just for melting scrap. I also have a magnet on the end of a bent piece of all thread for removing the clips from the pot.Once fluxed and cleaned they are ingotized. Only clean fluxed ingots go into my shop to be made into jigs and sinkers. They are also good for bigger sinkers. Iv'e used a few hundred pounds of wheel weights over the years. Anymore I only use them if they are free. Around here wheel weights are hard to come by as so many people make saltwater sinkers out of them.

I used LC's minnow silver as the base color and it worked for me!

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