Ed Brabant Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 Has anyone tried powdered metal in your baits? A few years ago I bought a bag of Venom sticks and last night I looked at the bag and on the package it read contains lead. The only way I could see this happening is they had lead powder in them. I was thinking steel or stainless steel instead of salt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camrynekai Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 They don't really contain lead...where that plant is located it has to claim that because they make other items that do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delw Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 pretty much all metals contain lead, if you ever get a chance to look at the certs you will be able to see that. Lead is used for a few reasons in metal one being so you can cut it easier. as far as replacing salt with metals, stainless is too light, you would need a nickle alloy, like nickle 200 monel , or tungten. brass works also but tarnishes. stainless and nickle alloys wont give you fine chips like brass will. Delw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojon Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Lead is used as a bath to treat wire for galvenizing.I think it was to aneal and prepare the wire.Think chain link fence,and chicken wire.Maybe the wire on spinner baits gets the same treatment,or maybe even hooks.I don't know,but a bath of lead really works well to heat wire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 bojon You are right about the heating of the wire with the lead bath. The lead helps heat even at a lot of heat ranges before it boils. You can get some high temps with it. But the main reason for the use of lead is to stop the oxidizing of the metal. Delw you are right also, even aluminum pipe has lead added to it. If you play with lead every thing needs the warning just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
