I live near the coast of NC & a question occurred to me today when I saw some lead net weights advertised for sale. Would net weights being underwater for long periods cause them to become contaminated with salt ?
Mike
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I live near the coast of NC & a question occurred to me today when I saw some lead net weights advertised for sale. Would net weights being underwater for long periods cause them to become contaminated with salt ?
Mike
I don't see how. Other than attracting moisture, the salt would not "alloy" with the lead, and should separate out when fluxed. If it has absorbed some moisture, just heat it slowly to drive off the moisture.....don't drop a cold ingot into the melt.
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I use lead line lead, and lead acorns from scein nets all the time... No problems.. Just rinse if off and away you go...be sure to dry it well before you use it if you rinse it off. No problems at all.
Lead absorbs salt about like it absorbs x-rays and nuclear isotopes.
Gear
I've used them before without problem. Mine were pure lead and I cut the 25# balls with a log splitter. I mixed it with Lyman #2.
The hardware was Monel and Stainless. Somewhere a fisherman was weeping.
Mal
Mal Paso means Bad Pass, just so you know.
No. Impossible.
Bill
If it was easy, anybody could do it.
There is a danger associated with salt on lead. Salt is hygroscopic, and may contain water. If you drop lead sinkers into molten lead there is the possibility of a steam explosion (tinsel fairy). Either rinse them well and dry them, or fill a cold pot with sinkers and then melt them (which will drive off water gradually).
Been melting lead for years and had one tinsel fairy. The fairy was a result of using wheel weights that has sat for a long time and possibly got some moisture. Don't worry about the lead weights that had been underwater drawing moisture and or salt.
Wheel weights can also hold salt, and as a consequence, water. Salt is a danger when casting. An appropriate precaution would be the wearing of protective gear, such as long sleeve shirts and safety glasses. Personally, I like to wear a shop apron.
Last edited by Tatume; 10-28-2013 at 10:06 AM.
Fishing weights are not made with the same care as we do for boolits. Mine had voids which could and did hold moisture. I always started with a cold pot and never add metal to the melt. I should have said that.
I don't think there is enough salt to do anything. Moisture in the cracks is serious.
Mal
Mal Paso means Bad Pass, just so you know.
Agree with the croud. Salt and lead do NOT mix. Just wash off any crusts and (making sure the pieces are dry) melt them. As with WW's, best to start with a cold pot to get rid of any "hiding " H2O!
Banger
Lead has always tasted more sweet than salty to me.
There is a good chance the salt will be holding moisture.Originally Posted by bangerjim
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Funny you should mention that! History shows the Romans used to make a sweet-tasting beverage from.......LEAD! Their bathes had lead plumbing. The drinking water was distributed by pipes sealed with lead. That is why (it is said) the ancients lost their minds due to injesting lead on a regular basis.Lead has always tasted more sweet than salty to me.
The "Fall of the Roman Emipre" may very well be attributed to lead.
bangerjim
That was Vinegar and Lead they drank for some reason it tasted sweet.
Lead by itself wasn't the problem.
Mal
Mal Paso means Bad Pass, just so you know.
Cheap, sour wine was sweetened with lead acetate before it was discovered to be deadly.
Lead acetate is useful as an electrolyte solution for removing lead from gun barrels.
Gear
They tell me lead paint chips taste sweet, which is why kids go for them.
the romans did add it to some of thier wines to sweeten the taste, they also ate off lead plates and drank from lead goblets.
remember there wasn't huge sugar cane fields back then to make sugar from, but sweetness was still craved and fruit wasn't alway's in season.
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