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Old 02-12-2009, 05:02 PM
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I still use mercury. Have more than 20 lbs of it. When it gets too clogged with lead I boil it off in a closed loop system..and let the vapor cool down into a metal again. Lose almost none. works really great. Melt the lead again later.. in a well ventilated area. Could be deadly
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Old 02-12-2009, 09:13 PM
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I still use mercury. Have more than 20 lbs of it. When it gets too clogged with lead I boil it off in a closed loop system..and let the vapor cool down into a metal again. Lose almost none. works really great. Melt the lead again later.. in a well ventilated area. Could be deadly
I`d be leery of mentioning mercury, especially mercury and boiling on a public forum. The EPA gets wind and they declare your place a toxic pit, condem it, and charge ya for clean up.
We had a young kid here a couple years ago that took mercury home he found somewhere. The state condemed the house until haz mat cleanup was done, when the school authorites found out.
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Old 02-12-2009, 10:44 PM
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Mercury

That is one of the problems with the do gooders in this country.. If they can mess with someone else.it must be a good thing. First off to condemn a place they had better do a lot of digging . I use a lab closed system..nothing lost. And i don't want to get started on schools..Hell they are too much into our family life now..Don't spank your kid..You might go to jail!! Too much gummit and not 'nuff common sense...and nobama is gonna give us MORE of the same...Sheesh!! BTW it isn't illegal to own mercury..or lead ...yet!!
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