ddl Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 are the lead sheets are almost pure? i can get some but the guy told ma that there is a kind of lil plastic film on .is that something that should be hard to remove or i can put it straight into my lee melting pot ?? the guy also got battery pole is that a better option than the sheets ? tks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21xdc Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 I have 300+ lbs of sheet lead and it's soft... I never saw any plastic on mine. Peel it off first if you can. If not, I'd melt it in a junk pot and pour ingots to use later in your good pot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 Yep like mentioned. Lead sheets are usually soft. If you want to know how soft it is, take your fingernail and see if you can scratch it to the shiny stuff underneath. If it scratches easily it is soft. As far as anything with lead acid batteries including posts, I would pass on those. Take the sheets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apdriver Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 I have some and have processed three or four 4x8’s. I took a high pressure spray washer after mine and some industrial degreaser. This took most of the old adhesive and drywall and whatever else is sticking on them off. You can use the most aggressive nozzle you have. The summer heat dries them out pretty quick. Take a shop hammer to them to lay them flat. once dry, I used a sheet metal scissor to cut them into strips and rolled the strips up to get the pieces manageable. Into an outside pot they went. Lots of flux and skimming off anything that comes up. Get upwind. After a pot of it is clean, ladle into a muffin pan where the ingots will fit in your pour pot. It will be good stuff. Mostly used in X-ray room construction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21xdc Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 also old shower pan liners and roofing material. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jig Man Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 A friend used to remodel hospitals. He got sheets from Xray rooms. I broke off the dry wall then used my fish cooker and a cast iron pot (outside) to melt it down and burn off the gunk. I poured it into ingots. It was really soft lead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddl Posted July 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 tks for all of you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highwayman Posted July 24, 2020 Report Share Posted July 24, 2020 I don't do much lead pouring but I do use sheet lead to add weight to plastic baits by wrapping pieces around the treble shanks to get them to run a little deeper or suspend. A contractor used it for flashing and I took the leftovers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
