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Thread: HELP! Where's the Wheel Weight lead gone?

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  1. 30-09-2021, 09:56 PM #1
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    Ask any plumbers you may know. Lots of house roofs being replaced with tech screws which had lead heads or maybe house dismantlers with the amount of old dwellings being demolished for new builds.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BSA270 View Post
    Ask any plumbers you may know. Lots of house roofs being replaced with tech screws which had lead heads or maybe house dismantlers with the amount of old dwellings being demolished for new builds.
    Yeah that's a good point buy it's pure lead (still welcome) but wheel weights are half way alloyed to make a hard bullet alloy. Just add tin solder and your done. If you have pure lead you must source and add antimony also (not fun).
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    Is it possible to get the lead out of car / auto batteries? Or is the acid and other nasties to problematic to deal with? I have four dead ones here. Going rate at the scrappers is 80c per kg.
    Intelligence has its limits, but it appears that Stupidity knows no bounds......
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    Quote Originally Posted by timattalon View Post
    Is it possible to get the lead out of car / auto batteries? Or is the acid and other nasties to problematic to deal with? I have four dead ones here. Going rate at the scrappers is 80c per kg.
    From memory there is stuff in them which is not nice and they are a hassle to get the lead out of . The better option is to sell to the scrap dealer .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tankd View Post
    From memory there is stuff in them which is not nice and they are a hassle to get the lead out of . The better option is to sell to the scrap dealer .
    It's no going to be fun opening car batteries, after you wash out the sulfuric acid you then have to crack the cases and remove the corroded plates. Melting it is likely to smell horrific.
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    Are diving belt lead weights any good?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Three O'Three View Post
    Are diving belt lead weights any good?
    Sure are!
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    Use enough gun
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  8. 08-10-2021, 01:19 PM #8
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    Sounds like its becoming wheely hard to come by
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