Tinsel fairy, getting metal off concrete?

[brewer12345]

Smelting some pewter and I got a big eruption. I was wearing safety gear, but some splotches got out past the tarp and landed on the concrete of the patio I was set up on. Any easy way to get it off the concrete surface? Wire brush?

[Big Boomer]

A sharp pick of some sort should work best. Our downstairs concrete deck has small pebbles embedded in the surface of the concrete and the pick works well. Nice thing is that as lead ages, it gets darker and ends up about the same color as concrete. Big Boomer

[ShooterAZ]

I have used a razor scraper to get under it and pry/lift it up. Royal pain.

[redhawk0]

Yeah...I wouldn't try to "scrub" it...try to lift corners and pull it off. It likely had some cooling before it hit so it shouldn't have been able to get too deep into the pores of the concrete.

redhawk

[Rcmaveric]

I have a chisel. Ones you pop a corner up, then it will peel up easily enough. Just let it cool first then pry it up.

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[JimB..]

I used a power washer.

[Soundguy]

agreed, it won't stick like gum, it merely has a hand hold in the pores of the material. it should pry up easily.

[lightman]

Glad you were not hurt. I use a putty knife about 1 inch wide. Like a chisel. Not from the Ferry but from the slops and drips from smelting. Like the others said, you peel a corner up and it comes right off.

[brewer12345]

Glad I wear a.full face shield. I would have gotten it right in the pie hole.

[Retumbo]

Funny you should mention this. Out of the 50 or 60 aboard a I have melted, the last one I did, the melt popped after I threw in the handle.

Luckily I was do I g it in my sheds would burning stove at the time. Have to remember to sift the ashes next time I clean.

[Boogedy_Man]

This should come off easily. I'd whack it with a pressure washer.

[DerekP Houston]

Pressure washer took care of my few spots in the garage. Easy peasy, they peal right up and go back in the pot.

[Walter Laich]

Pressure washer took care of my few spots in the garage. Easy peasy, they peal right up and go back in the pot.

try it at an angle not straight down--you can spall the concrete if you are too rough and tumble

[Beau Cassidy]

Large pieces pull right up. Small pieces respond well to a pressure washer

[Cosmic_Charlie]

I would like to see a video of a tinsel fairy.

[Papercidal]

I've always just hit it with a little soldering torch and the heat usually causes it to pull itself into a tiny ball.

[brewer12345]

I've always just hit it with a little soldering torch and the heat usually causes it to pull itself into a tiny ball.

That sounds like a great idea.

[Retumbo]

I would like to see a video of a tinsel fairy.


https://youtu.be/SkKqonmd628

[40sand9s]

I usually just use a flat headed screwdriver or old knife. For larger globs that somehow make their way to the floor when making ingots I pinch them with a pair of pliers and they pull right up

[WheelgunConvert]

Try one of those keyboard dust blower cans that use a compressed gas. Turn it upside down when spraying and the thermal contraction should bust it loose. It also is good for small dents ic sheet metal as well as removing drippage from candels

[pls1911]

With determination, all the the methods above work well.
Picks were not required when peeling a lead sheets off the garage ceiling, floor, or off Levis.

Post casting session clean-up and remelt of sprue chips and lead debris from the floor also managed to include an dirt, dust, and an errant primer.
A near full 20 pound pot can get half empty PDQ... fortunately mostly straight up.
Wear your safety gear until you turn out the lights...
Goofball lessons from narrow escapes of decades past are long remembered.

[leebuilder]

I tap it with anything heavier than my hand, usually causes an end or edge to lift enough that it can be lifted with ease. But most it won't stick count of the Eds red already on the deck.
Be well

[thirtythirty]

Smelting some pewter and I got a big eruption. I was wearing safety gear, but some splotches got out past the tarp and landed on the concrete of the patio I was set up on. Any easy way to get it off the concrete surface? Wire brush?

I cast on concrete as well, and just recently figured out an easy way to get it off. I just pour a bit of molten lead on the little solid bits of lead that are stuck on the concrete. It bonds with the small bit on the concrete and then you have a larger overall piece that you can usually just pick off with your fingers or a stick or something.

[Texas by God]

My floor is too dirty for lead to stick to.........

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[Traffer]

The concrete driveway where I smelt is full of splotches of lead and dross. I leave it to weather off. Just as long as kids don't start peeling it off and eating it.

[ghh3rd]

The quickest and best way that I found is exactly what 3030 said. I take a ladle and pour a little bit of lead over the splotches let it cool and easily peel it up, remelt it and do it again and again. I now have about a 1 pound chunk of lead that I’ll never use for casting since it has so much sand from the driveway, but it sure has served a good purpose.

[BAGTIC]

Every wife knows that if what you are cooking sticks it is because you forgot to grease the pan.