Lead wool

[Dadswickedammo]

So not sure the proper name but looks like big fluffy chunks of steel wool but feels like lead will have lots of pix tomorrow.
Any idea what I'm looking at?

[TexasGrunt]

Lead wool! Should be pure lead.

[M-Tecs]

I've only turned lead a couple of times but the chips looked like that. I have read about uses for it but what applications it was used for escapes me at the moment.

[runfiverun]

makes water stay in the pipes when you hit it hard enough.

[Lakehouse2012]

If someone was cutting up a sailboat keel, the shavings from the blade or chainsaw can look like you describe.

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[imashooter2]

Pack it into holes in concrete and it works like a bolt anchor. Also makes an anchor fit in oversized holes.

[Wayne Smith]

It also comes in the kits to make wood turned darts. Used to weight the darts.

[RU shooter]

lead wool I got a few years back was out of rad con bags probably from the Hanford WA site story I was told from the seller ,Looked like coarse steel wool except lead , Lots of loss when I got it smelted down from oxides most bags had a tear on them and moisture was present causing oxidation but it was all nice and soft

[308Jeff]

Anxious to see the pics.

Never knew this stuff existed.

[labradigger1]

Squirt swaging dies make a pile of it in a hurry. Iirc, it used to used in the auto body industry to "tin" the metal before leading the seams (pre-bondo).

[big bore 99]

Used to pack in belled cast iron sewer pipes after oakum for sealing.

[TexasGrunt]

Anxious to see the pics.

Never knew this stuff existed.

https://www.google.com/search?q=lead+wool&num=100&safe=off&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwimjaTx1PzRAhUL02MKHVI2AfEQ_AUICSgC&biw=1920&bih=988

There ya go.

[too many things]

don't melt it , sell it or trade it has several uses and is very hard to find . I f you want I will trade double the weight for pure ingots

[Wizwheel]

I see it is expensive in its present form. $8.00 / pound at Menards!

[sealer]

too many things,
I've got 100 lbs. of lead wool that I would trade 2/1 for pure lead.
Dennis

[sealer]

better yet, let me sell it to you cheap
dennis

[Dadswickedammo]

So went through all the pix from the scrap yard no wool pix but each bundle is the size of a throw pillow and looks to have been made not a by product of another process.