Missionary
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Good morning
Down here it is near impossible to get any wheel weights or line type. Soft (pure) lead is easy but expensive as there still are many old houses that have lead plumbing.
Well I am of the "never throw anything away bunch" so old car batteries were stacked in a corner. They were awful junk down here for years. One might last a year. About 20 years ago I was wanting to cast and my lead supply was way down. Looked at the corner pile and decided it was time to bust up old car batteries. The posts and internal connecting bars are good lead. But I got looking at all those lead plates and decided to melt them down also. Biggest batch of problems I have ever smelted ! I still have near 30 pounds of "who knows what is in that lead" sitting in a thick plastic bag in the corner that will never come close to one of my molds. That stuff is hard as rocks. Hit it with a hammer and it rings like bell. At least it does not glow in the dark.
Mike in Peru
Down here it is near impossible to get any wheel weights or line type. Soft (pure) lead is easy but expensive as there still are many old houses that have lead plumbing.
Well I am of the "never throw anything away bunch" so old car batteries were stacked in a corner. They were awful junk down here for years. One might last a year. About 20 years ago I was wanting to cast and my lead supply was way down. Looked at the corner pile and decided it was time to bust up old car batteries. The posts and internal connecting bars are good lead. But I got looking at all those lead plates and decided to melt them down also. Biggest batch of problems I have ever smelted ! I still have near 30 pounds of "who knows what is in that lead" sitting in a thick plastic bag in the corner that will never come close to one of my molds. That stuff is hard as rocks. Hit it with a hammer and it rings like bell. At least it does not glow in the dark.
Mike in Peru