12-18-2007, 04:17 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Sorry, but that may not be good advice. If you only pour large and simple jigs and lures, the tire weights will work okay. But, since they are not pure lead, they melt at a higher temperature and sometimes cool too quickly to make good molds of small or detailed jig heads. They add other metals to the lead in tire weights to increase the strength, and that affects the melting properties. So, you do not get good clean barbs on the plastic holding jigs...especially the smaller heads.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If you look around, and let people know that you are looking for some pure lead, you would be surprised at how many people have a bunch of it sitting in their garage...from a family member who used to be a plumber or electrician or some other trade that used a lot of pure lead.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I recently acquired a lifetime supply of lead from a BFT member on the Utah board who is in the construction business. He was involved in a job building a new hospital and they had lead lined walls for the Xray room. Lots of leftover scrap lead in big sheets.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If you look around, and let people know that you are looking for some pure lead, you would be surprised at how many people have a bunch of it sitting in their garage...from a family member who used to be a plumber or electrician or some other trade that used a lot of pure lead.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I recently acquired a lifetime supply of lead from a BFT member on the Utah board who is in the construction business. He was involved in a job building a new hospital and they had lead lined walls for the Xray room. Lots of leftover scrap lead in big sheets.[/#0000ff]
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