As I scrounge for more wheelweights to fill my bullet molds, I remember that I have a few spare dead car and UPS batteries in the corner of my garage.
Obviously, I'd need to neutralize the acid with baking soda to a safe pH before separating the lead plates inside, but what alloy are battery plates made of? Are they plain soft lead, or something with a ratio of tin and antimony like wheelweights and linotype? How about arsenic or other nasty elements?
(Even Lyman #2 alloy ingots from my favorite suppliers is getting scarce...)
Obviously, I'd need to neutralize the acid with baking soda to a safe pH before separating the lead plates inside, but what alloy are battery plates made of? Are they plain soft lead, or something with a ratio of tin and antimony like wheelweights and linotype? How about arsenic or other nasty elements?
(Even Lyman #2 alloy ingots from my favorite suppliers is getting scarce...)