Lead storage

[MikeACP]

Ok, dumb newbie question of the day. But I have to ask. Is there any problem to storing lead ingots in a garage during cold weather. (unheated)?

[Three44s]

No problem.

Belated welcome to the forum and there are NO dumb questions!

Best regards

Three 44s

[lwknight]

If its kept away from chemicals it should be OK in your garage for several billion years.

[bumpo628]

Just be careful adding lead that may be wet to a hot pot. You could put a plate of steel over half the pot to serve as a pre-heating area if there is any doubt.

[MikeACP]

Great, I thought this was the case but wanted to make sure, Godd advice also about the moisture.

[thegreatdane]

... cold fingers when you have to move it.

[a.squibload]

Could be a problem if you leave the garage door open at night.

Where is your garage, exactly?

[MikeACP]

Could be a problem if you leave the garage door open at night.

Where is your garage, exactly?

LOl, I have enough of a problem with that kind of stuff. About a year ago I chased a guy out of my yard, he was walking away with the gutters I was replacing.

[evan price]

Best advice here is- have a place in mind they can sit long term, moving them a few months later sux...

[Stick_man]

You can actually store ingots?

[Bulletlube]

I have access to all the plastic buckets that I want and now store all my lead in them with paper lables so I know what is in each bucket.

[Lead Fred]

My ingots sit on a board on the floor like FT Knox, they have been there for years.

[mold maker]

Ok, dumb newbie question of the day. But I have to ask. Is there any problem to storing lead ingots in a garage during cold weather. (unheated)?

They will still be cold long after the Spring thaw.
Seriously, if you have a permanent place picked out, milk crates will contain them from scattering, but ya cant move a crate full. If in ingots the crates will hold the equivalent of a cubic ft of lead. If I remember correctly that's just under 750 lbs.
They also stack, even full ones.

[Suo Gan]

NO problem storing lead in an unheated outbuilding.

[clintsfolly]

i store my lead in a unheated barn in the winter when we have a casting party i set piles of ingots on the top of the wood stove. this preheats and drys of they have drawn moisture. where ever you store them make sure that it will hold up the weight. had a buddy try store 400lbs in old kitchen upper cabinet!! Smashed all his beer and pop bottles what a Mess!clint

[MikeACP]

I'm gonna need to clear a spot......If I can find some.

[44fanatic]

Ive got mine in the garage in milk crates on dolly's. Easier to move around when "cleaning/straitening up"...meaning trying to find the reloading/casting bench, fishing and hunting gear.

[Charlie Two Tracks]

Wait a minute now! There was a post on here awhile back that had a link to the EPA video on You tube. It showed how a WW that fell off a car would deteriorate in just a week. Maybe that was because it fell on dirt and not concrete or maybe that was just a bunch of........... well you know. Really. Lead will store for longer than you will need it to. Welcome Mike. This is a great site with a bunch of great people on it. Have fun.

[zuke]

I have mine stored along my back fence.
Kinda hard to see them in the summer with all the grass growing over them.

[lwknight]

There are things that can destroy lead. I got a roll of sheet lead and inside it in the middle of the roll it was corroded into some kind of red crud that was crumbly.
I have no idea what it was exposed to but I did save the red powder crud to try to smelt with sawdust back into lead. I just have not got there yet.