Metal Alloy Slugs - New Supplier

[captaincobbler]

I have a shop unit in an old Victorian Print works in Northampton (UK), the Printers are still there and are using modern printing machines now, but there are still all the old presses, and lots of scrap metal/s.  As I sell on Ebay they asked if I could see if there is a market for their scrap as opposed to just scrapping it.  They state that the metal slugs are, 4% Tin, 11.5% Antimony, 84.5% Lead.  It looks like there is a lot.  I am just about to list 1.5kg of the metal, its in small strips on Ebay at a low opening bid.  My user ID is Northamptonbookshop.

We dont know at the moment how much it will sell for, but I do know if there is any interest in bulk purchase then I will get them to negotiate with any interested parties, obviously shipping is a factor.

any thoughts are welcome.

thanks

[Prince August]

Aug 5, 2013 9:51:01 GMT captaincobbler said:

I have a shop unit in an old Victorian Print works in Northampton (UK), the Printers are still there and are using modern printing machines now, but there are still all the old presses, and lots of scrap metal/s.  As I sell on Ebay they asked if I could see if there is a market for their scrap as opposed to just scrapping it.  They state that the metal slugs are, 4% Tin, 11.5% Antimony, 84.5% Lead.  It looks like there is a lot.  I am just about to list 1.5kg of the metal, its in small strips on Ebay at a low opening bid.  My user ID is Northamptonbookshop.

We dont know at the moment how much it will sell for, but I do know if there is any interest in bulk purchase then I will get them to negotiate with any interested parties, obviously shipping is a factor.

any thoughts are welcome.

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That metal has a very high lead content and thus a high melting point and casting point. I would recommend whoever wants to use it to add some more tin to the metal or you risk burning the moulds. Our standard metal is about 50/50 lead to tin ratio (with some antimony).