I had a running agreement with my dentist; I pay his kid's way through college via my dental bills, and he would give me all the dental foils. I ended up with bags and bags of the stuff, and have case a lot of ingots and a variety of bullets over the years. Once it's in ingot form, it worked pretty good, but was pretty soft.
what was the foil? mouth pieces? all the xray lead I ever had was in sheets rolls or thin panels rolled up that came from inside the walls.
It protected the film till it was exposed in the mouth to x-rays.
Ahh, ok..so that's why it is the same shape as those mouth films..because it was exposure protection..neat.
Might be a little soft, unless you are Powder Coating.
I just got 35 pounds from my dentist. Came in at BHN 9, which is hard enough for my 38, 357, 45's and Powder Coating.
getting to be less common to find, now that digital x-ray equipment is out there. I've used a bunch of it in the past but would pass on it now- very low yield for the work involved.
Loren
It's about like 50/50 + 1% tin in hardness.
Do dentists still use the technology that produces the tin foil? My dentist now always uses a digital system when checking my teeth.
The last bunch I got from the scrapyard came from the county health department. When the private sector dentist upgraded to digital, they took the tax write off by donating their old equipment to the county. At that time there was a surplus amount of foil containing film and the county scooped them up. Now the county has gone digital too. I haven't seen a foil since my local dentist cleaned out one of his store rooms years ago.
Same here.
They're good guys if they have lead foil. Is that more better?Originally Posted by TimTim
I've used a lot of the dental lead foil for cast. I treat it like pure lead and alloy it. I've also found a local tire guy who was trying to find a buyer for his WW's. He's one of us and doesn't want to sell to the scrap yard. I get a 5 gallon bucket full for 20 bucks, sort out 60+ pounds of lead and sell the rest for more than I paid. I get payed to sort WW's for my cast, can't beat it.
Nice deal!
what would be illegal about it ? please explain....
Maybe he is talking about the lead disposal. Around here tire places won't sell or give you weights..claim they have to have a receipt from a state registered recycler...hazmat..etc..
According to RCRA is is not waste until it it declared as waste,
So lead can be sold to a user.
The Tire Shop receipt may be a way to show the lead (not waste)
went down the line as a resource.
NRA Benefactor 2004USAF RET 1971-95
Could be I didn't argue with the guys but I can tell you that none of the stores in my area will sell or give away wheel weights I know the company I work for its waste oil has to be picked up by certified people that leave a bill of lading and we have to turn that in when we have insurance and osha inspections
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