Re: Oldshoe plywood needs. Paul -scrap lead from batteries?

--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Justin Meddock" <jmeddock@n...> wrote:

>
> > 1.5 tonnes of batteries to the scrap man last year so dont worry

on

> > this one(?),
>
> Paul,
> Do you just cut the tops off the batteries and lift the plates out?
> What do you do with the electrolyte?
> I never thought about batteries for lead before, but I am a

mechanic and

> we end up with three or four a week, so maybe I will start gutting

them

> and stockpiling the lead.
>
> Justin

I leave the batteries with the acid inas they sell as scrap wet.
if i intend to do a melt I tip em up over a grid on a drumand let
them dry out in the sun for a week. then smash em up with an axe (
face shield). A hot fire in a 1/2 44 with a truck rim for a crucible
and pour it into an old gold mould lined with sump oil.
All the plastic that is trapped in the lead floats to the top. All
done in a paddock with a P1 respirator and good gloves and overalls.
I get the same price for batteries as I do for lead ingots so i dont
do it often.
Cheers Paul

> 1.5 tonnes of batteries to the scrap man last year so dont worry on
> this one(?),

Paul,
Do you just cut the tops off the batteries and lift the plates out?
What do you do with the electrolyte?
I never thought about batteries for lead before, but I am a mechanic and
we end up with three or four a week, so maybe I will start gutting them
and stockpiling the lead.

Justin