Thread: who sells lead body solder for bodywork????

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Originally Posted by Matt167

you "could" prosess the lead out of a hardware store variaty, leadded solder. you might have the lead laying around, any old lead pipe will do, compleatly melt it, then skim the crap off the top.

Great Idea!!! Maybe next should be a beginner's guide to Russian Roulette!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Great Idea!!! Maybe next should be a beginner's guide to Russian Roulette!!!

Yeah, I know. I haven't done it, my uncle has leadded cars using this method, he was going to use lead in my car when he was helping me with the body, but the previouse owner had used cheap plastic filler in spots that needed repair and melted out when the hot lead and torch hit it, so we bought a gallon of bondo for the car. Really the way I look at lead bodywork, it is about equal to plastic body fillers, but it is hard to work with, takes talent to work with it, and is becoming a lost procedure. People still cast there own lead fishing sinkers, even tho as of May 2005 no store bought sinkers have any lead content, they are steel, you can still buy the lead and molds at many tackle shops.

I'm in the prosess of sanding my '51 Chevy to get ready for paint. the paint I know has lead in it, I was sanding for about 1/2 hr without a mask, stopped for a day, and didn't feel so well after, so the next time I used a respirator to stop me from breathing the dust and it's working great so far. there are proper ways to deal with lead, it's not dangerouse if you protect yourself from it. Lead is all around us, has a small content in some softer drawing penciles, lead sinkers, wheel weights, old paint, old car body's at the seams. There a lot more hazerdous materials than lead. I guess I look at the bigger picture