Anyone here have a good place to buy lead in bulk for a good price?
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Anyone here have a good place to buy lead in bulk for a good price?
If you want clean lead, I suggest a gun/ammo store. I bought a 25 lb bag of shot about a year ago for 21 bucks. 25 lbs of lead will make a bunch of sinkers/jig heads.
Plumbing houses have "pig lead" by the lb. Locally, it's a little over $1.00/lb. right now.
However, look at any local manufacturing companies. Thanks to my brother, I hit a major score of soft lead, 6 ton to be exact, that I would have never guessed was available. (13) 55 gallon drums of shavings:
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Look to your local recycling places as well - that's where these drums may have ended up.
Look on e-bay. I found my lead there. Search for "soft lead"Quote:
Originally Posted by skiptomylu
if you know any asphalt roofers, they use solid lead sheets as liners on ventpipes and other obstacles that come through the roof. I get all of my lead for free from them, you may have to pick off the asphalt, but it comes of easy and the lead is free.
Thanks guys I do appreciate the ideas!
Your local tire store has old wheel weights that work good. You have to pick the steel clips out after it melts, but the price is right.
IB - keep an eye on the newer wheel weights, the ones that are plastic coated to protect the newer wheel finishes. They are very high in bismuth, which makes for a brittle mold. You can check this by squeezing a finished mold - bismuth will appear white until exposed to air, and almost powdery.
Adding tin to these wheel weights if you ever come across them, eliminates the brittleness.