I'm using covered glass containers for the small batch tests. Anything large scale will be outdoors believe me.
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Duct Seal Solvent?
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Put the pellets in the pot. What little duct seal will float to be scaled off like any other dirt or debris. It isn't going to hurt your pot a bit. Don't overthink.
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I siad similar edlee or just ment into pucks like I used to with wheel weights scum rises to top , them clearning solvents not for this lol .
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A cheap spray can of Carb Cleaner from Wally World will do the trick and it sells for about a buck a spray can.
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I would melt them as is, in an old pan over a cheap electric hot plate and skim off the top. Dit it outside and pour lead into an old muffin pan and make lead muffins about 1/2" thick. Use the muffins in Lee lead pot. I used to do wheelweights like that for my powder guns. dirt and steel clips float to the top in lead.
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I can do better than that, got a LP gas burner I can rig up. The acetone and alcohol had zero effect. Will try the Goop-B-Gone then I use the nuclear option.
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Get an inexpensive cast iron pot or frying pan from good will that can be sacrificed for this purpose .
Put your contaminated lead in there and melt it down outside. Skim off the slag and whatever is left of the duct seal and pour into whatever mold you wish such as ingots to set and cool.
***I would NEVER consider or SUGGEST the boiling gasoline or any other flammable liquid method for anything other than a trip to the intensive burn department***
Put your contaminated lead in there and melt it down outside. Skim off the slag and whatever is left of the duct seal and pour into whatever mold you wish such as ingots to set and cool.
***I would NEVER consider or SUGGEST the boiling gasoline or any other flammable liquid method for anything other than a trip to the intensive burn department***
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Yep. Agree. If you read what I wrote as suggesting it, man, that's the wrong idea for sure!! Hence why I said it's totally not advised... Damn effective at dissolving really nasty crap, but, unfortunately it is, quite literally, the recipe for disaster. Only a madman would ever do such a thing.
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The Goo-B-Gone worked. Rinse in acetone and denatured alcohol then air dry. As clean as I can tell.
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Would definetly use a sacrifical pot for that but, yes, that's the quickest way for sure. Never use my actual PB casting pot.
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Nice! Glad you were able to clean your batch of lead. I notice that pellets shot into 4 or 5” of duct seal just mash into each other without much or any residue. I popped a couple of tins of lead out of my chronograph backstop.
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Get one of these respirators. I use mine all the time. I often just step outside my shop to use nasty solvents, etc. Blow off with the air hose before you handle.
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I use the rubber mulch in a bucket for a backstop. Whole bag compressed into the 5er, and then held in place with thick cardboard. Stack cardboard over it for sticky target mounting, and cut an 8" circle in the lid. Has stopped 100 fpe 22lr before. It does make getting the pellets out a PITA.
Now a wooden box with a 1/4" steel plate inside set at a 45° angle would work best. The pellet would hit, angle down into the bottom of the box were you would have a deep section of sand to collect the pellets. Just use a screen type fryer scooper and scoop out the pellets. No need for any solvents or all that time invested.
Now a wooden box with a 1/4" steel plate inside set at a 45° angle would work best. The pellet would hit, angle down into the bottom of the box were you would have a deep section of sand to collect the pellets. Just use a screen type fryer scooper and scoop out the pellets. No need for any solvents or all that time invested.
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Will give some serious thought into making one of those once the duct seal trap is worn out.
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Get some structural wood like floor joists. 2x10s or similar. That'll stop a decent amount of power if you do miss the hole!
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