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    I have seen zinc listed on the price boards, is this a common metal and where would it be likely to show up?

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    Zinc is sometimes referred to as Die Cast or pot metal. Fan blade brackets on ceiling fans are usually die cast.
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    Where I find zinc is: hot wheel cars (sacraligious if you scrap them), the metal emblams on BBQS... They appear to be aluminum, but are zinc, door handles on screen doors, some lawn mower gas tanks, some lawnmower (mostly lawn boy) frames, flex fittings on gasoline/diesel gas pump nozzles, chain saws that are made of metal cases... I can find more examples, but don't have my bucket in front of me.

    Zinc and aluminum are similar in color.... easiest way to tell difference is, get something similar in size to the zinc piece in question and zinc is the heavier piece.

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    Deal with several yards and one yard I bring all my cast al. to becuase they let me throw zink in with the cast and pay me cast al. price for it. Mybe becuase they don't know any better IDK.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Harmony View Post
    I have seen zinc listed on the price boards, is this a common metal and where would it be likely to show up?

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    The only zinc I have come across looked a lot like lead, except it wasn't as heavy and didn't bend like lead does. As someone else mentioned, it can also look like old aluminum.

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    most of the server hard drive brackets are die cast. Wish I could get alu price for them. }:<{(
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    Thanks Destructo_d for that info. This is where all my zinc comes from. zinc used as rust prevention for salt water boats:



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    how much do you want. just took 200 lbs to the yard. but I have another load of server hard drives coming in the end of the month. probably another 200 lbs. of brackets.

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    i need zinc for a casting project sale me some grady_mitchell2002@yahoo.com


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