Stick-on-wheel-Weights

[Beans]

New find today. At least for me.

I had seperated my stick on weight weights from the clip on's and also seperate the 3 or so that were marked with a "Z" for Zinc.

I cast the stick on's into different ingots because It is my understanding that the Stick ons are fairly close to pure lead.

I noticed I had several(10-15) stick-on wheel weights floating on top.

I cast at 700-725 degrees to keep a stray ZINC one from being melted.

I pulled the floaters out and when they cooled I noticed that they were maked "FE"

AS I have a limit knowledge of Metal designation markings, so I checked the Internet and could only find that FE stood for iron.

Right or Wrong

And the next question is:

" When did they start making stick on wheel weights out of IRON?

 

[Beans]

New find today. At least for me.

I had seperated my stick on weight weights from the clip on's and also seperate the 3 or so that were marked with a "Z" for Zinc.

I cast the stick on's into different ingots because It is my understanding that the Stick ons are fairly close to pure lead.

I noticed I had several(10-15) stick-on wheel weights floating on top.

I cast at 700-725 degrees to keep a stray ZINC one from being melted.

I pulled the floaters out and when they cooled I noticed that they were maked "FE"

AS I have a limit knowledge of Metal designation markings, so I checked the Internet and could only find that FE stood for iron.

Right or Wrong

And the next question is:

" When did they start making stick on wheel weights out of IRON?

 

[nicky4968]

A magnet will tell you if it is iron.

Lead at $1.00/pound (or more). Steel at $40.00 a ton (or more). Why not?

 

[Paul5388]

The chemical symbol for iron is "Fe".

If the weight isn't too much, iron can easily be used, if you don't mind the rust when the coating gets scratched.