Slaughlin79
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I searched and found nothing so if I missed,sorry.
I’m writing this to possibly help out someone that’s in a bind like I was when needing zinc or more so zinc powder. I’ve been using this so called technique with great results and I don’t have to wait on handling times and shipping. I’ve also tested the powder precipitating pgms and has worked excellent so I hope this helps someone.
BE VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE YOU WILL BE WORKING WITH MOLTEN ZINC METAL!!! I was not careful and was wearing flip flops and spilled a small amount avoit the size of a half dollar on top of my foot and let me tell you it hurt. And the worse parts was that it it didn’t just hit and bounce off it stuck. You get the picture so please be careful and learn from my mistake.
I start by going Lowe’s or anywhere you can get zinc die cast,I like the conduit fittings. These will have oil on them and you will be burning it off, hints how i happened upon this. Also don’t forget to remove screws or if it’s a compression fitting there is a zinc coating steel ring you want to remove. I use a ceramic coated stainless steel lid flipped over so it’s more or less like bowl. I take my conduit fittings and and place them it the lid and start heating till they all melt. When all of it is liquid let it cool for a little bit to the point of where you can’t slosh it around. Take a metal tool of your liking “I used a pair of channel locks my first time” and tap across the surface to make sure there are no pools that will splash on you. Once you know it’s safe to proceed start scratcing the surface and you will see the powder building up. If anyone reading thinks oh well that’s too slow? It’s really not. I haven’t measured how much I can get in x amount of time but it’s not slow going and the stuff works great.
I’m writing this to possibly help out someone that’s in a bind like I was when needing zinc or more so zinc powder. I’ve been using this so called technique with great results and I don’t have to wait on handling times and shipping. I’ve also tested the powder precipitating pgms and has worked excellent so I hope this helps someone.
BE VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE YOU WILL BE WORKING WITH MOLTEN ZINC METAL!!! I was not careful and was wearing flip flops and spilled a small amount avoit the size of a half dollar on top of my foot and let me tell you it hurt. And the worse parts was that it it didn’t just hit and bounce off it stuck. You get the picture so please be careful and learn from my mistake.
I start by going Lowe’s or anywhere you can get zinc die cast,I like the conduit fittings. These will have oil on them and you will be burning it off, hints how i happened upon this. Also don’t forget to remove screws or if it’s a compression fitting there is a zinc coating steel ring you want to remove. I use a ceramic coated stainless steel lid flipped over so it’s more or less like bowl. I take my conduit fittings and and place them it the lid and start heating till they all melt. When all of it is liquid let it cool for a little bit to the point of where you can’t slosh it around. Take a metal tool of your liking “I used a pair of channel locks my first time” and tap across the surface to make sure there are no pools that will splash on you. Once you know it’s safe to proceed start scratcing the surface and you will see the powder building up. If anyone reading thinks oh well that’s too slow? It’s really not. I haven’t measured how much I can get in x amount of time but it’s not slow going and the stuff works great.