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  1. 11-10-2010, 08:58 PM #1
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    cleaning tar from lead

    Hi Guys

    I sure hope this question is not too stupid but with the horror stories I have heard with tar gumming up a smelting pot I thought I would ask if anyone has a good way of getting tar off of a roofing boot.

    I wondered about using a torch and burning it off or perhaps a wire wheel would scrape it off.

    I have a nice pure lead boot but it is fairly full of tar in spots that has been there for forty years.

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  2. 11-10-2010, 09:17 PM #2
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    I just use the smelting pot. I does make a mess though. Just burn out the pot after smelting. Using a torch would get rid of some of the tar but would also melt the lead...Ray
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  3. 11-10-2010, 09:59 PM #3
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    Tar makes the worlds best flux. It will melt and smoke without burning while your lead melts. Then it will ball and crud up all over the pot and your tools.
    Just skim it off and toss it. The little bit left on the sides of the pot will eventually burn off.
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  4. 11-10-2010, 10:02 PM #4
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    cold temps and hammer/hatchet blows will chunk alot of it off the rest will burn
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    Quote Originally Posted by fryboy View Post
    cold temps and hammer/hatchet blows will chunk alot of it off the rest will burn
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  6. 11-21-2010, 05:18 PM #6
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    a soak in a five gallon bucket with a couple gallons gas .stored outside of course . and make darn sure all the gas evaporites before you smelt it . im sure some wont approve of this but i know gas will take tar of preaty easy.
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    Never, ever an issue for me. I just smelt the lead, the tar burns away, I skim off the ash.
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  8. 11-21-2010, 08:10 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by bubbadawg59 View Post
    a soak in a five gallon bucket with a couple gallons gas .stored outside of course . and make darn sure all the gas evaporites before you smelt it . im sure some wont approve of this but i know gas will take tar of preaty easy.
    That's what I would do.
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