hi group:

Just purchased a box of busted up trophies - all made in China. I
tried to melt one with a propane torch which would usually melt zinc
very easily. The trophy would not melt - just turn pasty - and not
flowable at all- and impossible to separate any scum out with a liquid
button. This metal is pure junk for casting -- or can it be saved with
some type of flux - or possibly a 50% mix with clean new zinc added. It
would be nice to be able to use this stuff for pour casting as there is
a lot more available, but as it looks like --this metal was possibly
pressure cast in China with a cheaper mix of metal alloy ... as it looks
black on a cold break as compared to silver with pure zinc. Can it be
saved?