A little help

One source of lead is dental offices each x-ray card thingy has a lead foil strip. Lots are going digital but they may have a stockpile kicking around, about 1yr ago while at an appointment I asked just for the hell of it ended up leaving with about 20lbs.
 
Goodwin81 said:
Go to your local tire shops and get their used wheel weights. Sort through them and pick out the stick on variety, they are almost always pure soft lead.
Click to expand...

There are two varieties of stick on weights. Generally the painted ones are closer to the hardness of clip on weights.

For pure you want the non-painted stick on wheelweights
 
There's not likely much lead in the construction of homes in a city as new as Saskatoon, but I know for a fact you have some pressure vessel fabricators there, so that raises the possibility of shielding used in various places by industrial radiographers (x-ray).
 
If you are a member of the SWF ranges you can always get to know the regulars and perhaps with a little volunteer time around the club next time the traps are cleaned out you Maugham walk away with a bucket. Or meet some of the members that are avid bullet makers and they may be able to help.
 
If you have a nuclear medical facility in the hospital/clinic where you live, the isotope carriers that the vials of isotopes are transported in are generally pure lead. The last ones I got were shaped like a backgammon die, and they fell all over themselves giving them to me for free so they didn't have to bother recycling them.

However, that was 20+ years ago, and I still haven't worked my way through the 1000+ pounds of lead I got. With the price of lead these days, hysterical haz-mat policies... maybe they won't even talk to you. But (especially if you know somebody that works there), it's worth a try. If they are recycling them, perhaps they'll tell you who comes and takes them away.
 
Saskatoon is in the process of replacing lead water line pipes in the oldest parts of town. They are underground, on private property, since the city mains were all changed out to newer materials years ago. The lead ones run between the city mains and the house. If you can find out the private plumbing contractors doing that work there should be several lifetime supplies of soft lead pipe.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom