Take a look at these pics: is this sheet lead?

[Russel Nash]

I was helping my aunt last summer clean out her shed. There were a couple of 5 gallon buckets of this:

http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt112/gryphon1994/EBB70D37-8518-40B0-9ED8-AB5C49BD9E1B-81-000000143155CF4A_zps69e1fa37.jpg

http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt112/gryphon1994/E294ADF6-E89E-498E-8493-3A89C7229A33-81-000000149B9BB24D_zps19648c18.jpg

I haven't tried to melt any of it down yet. It certainly seems malleable enough and tears or rips easily with bare hands.

Thanks in advance.

[220swiftfn]

Sure looks it to me........


Dan

[merlin101]

Before you melt it all down, save a small piece aprox 10"x10". It makes a great funnel that will fit anywhere. Use it when draining a trannsmission or transfer case and the crossmember is in the way, save a lot of clean up time.

[RogerDat]

Merlin101 that is a great tip! I saw some of this at the scrap yard and was thinking on it for casting, now I'm going to get some for a funnel for sure.

And that stuff looks just like the scrap yard sheet lead.

[clodhopper]

Small peices are also useful to pad vice jaws, lead will grip without scratching.

[CastingFool]

I had a bunch of sheet lead that my home's previous owner had removed from the shower walls. I gave some to a friend that needed sheet lead to make some special radiator gaskets for his John Deere tractors. His hobby was rebuilding and restoring JD's

[Garyshome]

Yes!It is

[zuke]

Look's like it. Is it heavy?

[MaryB]

I smelted some just like it that came from an xray room, it was removed from the walls

[mdi]

Hmmm. Is it lead? Is it in sheets? If so, mebbe it's sheet lead.

[mold maker]

Other than the extra oxides from all the surface/lb, It looks like a great find. Just needs an extra fluxing to reclaim the oxides.