I've always passed on battery lead for my casting purposes , but I have an aversion to unnecessary chemical exposure
this is my concern. Seems like too much risk for the amount of gain to be had.
What would you do with the used electrolyte?
What makes me sad is that I used to get a lot of COWW alloy for free but with all the zinc, plastic and steel wheel weights these days its not nearly as common to be able to find COWW as it used to be.
That is only part of the problem, you have to deal with the battery itself too after you get the lead out of it .. I just don't have an appetite for all those problems
Ive seen people neutralize it with baking soda paste. We used to apply a film to our arms when we worked in the aircraft battery rebuild department years ago.
I watch a video on how to do this and it seems like way more work than it is worth. I think you are better off turning those batteries in for Cores and spending that core money on buying wheel weights from a tire shop and sorting through those.
