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Ed, The local mechanics use a small sand
blaster.
George ( down under)
Point taken, Jeff. Perhaps dissolved is not the
correct technical term for the chemical action - but, mainly only need
something that will cause the lead to leave the ceramic cone and go into a
from I can remove from the plug. Melting, gasifying, dissolving,
blasting, pressure washing, etc, would probably all work to some
degree under certain conditions.
Humm, pressure washing???? Just popped into my
head - I wonder??
Naturally, I would like a simply, straight forward,
non-hazardous, inexpensive and effective method - oh, yes, and one that does
not involved a lot of work {:>)
Ed
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 5:05
PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Fw: Lead
Solvent or Cleaner
Forgive me for de-lurking, but since lead is an
elemental metal, "dissolving" lead isn't really possible. You can melt
it, or gasify it, (in other words change it's state) but you there
are no chemical bonds to "dissolve", so anything claiming to be a "lead
solvent" is snake oil.
Since it was mechanically applied to the plugs, it
seems the only likely solution to cleaning is mechanically removing
it.
Back to the shadows,
Jeff Andre
Ed,
I used to be a competitive shooter in years past. I spent
ages keeping things clean. Lead removal has always been difficult.
I DO NOT believe that any of the firearm cleaning products actually dissolves lead. They are designed
to help loosen it's (lead) attachment to the bore of the firearm. Most
true cleaning relies on a mechanical device to actually remove the lead,
usually a wire brush. I had the most trouble after shooting all lead cast
bullet reloads. (cheaper and used mostly for practice) This caused lead to
be deposited directly on the bore and was very hard to get off.
I don't believe anything that would actually dissolve lead could
even be sold to the public due to the toxicity of the solvent. I not a chemist but, think of
gasoline, there have been some lead additives available and most of them
almost wanted you in a hazmat suit to
use them.
Bill Jepson
-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Anderson
<eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Thu,
19 Jan 2006 13:25:32 -0500
Subject: [FlyRotary] Fw: Lead Solvent
or Cleaner
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 1:22 PM
Subject: Lead Solvent or Cleaner
Ok, you gun
enthusiasts, I have a question. It appears that the best hope of
finding a lead solvent is among the many gun cleaning products. Hoppe #9 has been mentioned, but when I did
some research, I really got a bit confused. I think there is little
distinction made between a true "solvent" and a cleaner. As best
I recall from my highschool chemistry
days, nothing appeared (that I recall) to dissolve lead - but, that was a
while ago. So again, it would appear that if any body would have
something to dissolve lead it would be the gun crowd.
For instance, on some of the "Gun" talk lists, I have
seen reference to Hoppe #9 as a "Powder"
cleaner and to Shooter's Choice
Lead Solvent as a "lead solvent". Actually I've seen Hoppe referred to
for lead removal as well- but, doesn't claim it dissolves lead.
If Hoppe is
primarily a "powder" remover then that may explain it not working as well as
we had hoped. I just asked my wife to pick up some on her trip to
support the economy and then found indications on the web. that what I
might really want is Shooter's Choice
Lead Solvent - but that could be just another "cleaner" rather than a true
dissolve of lead.
I suspect that most of these products may be cleaners
rather than solvents despite what they are called. Anyone really
know?
Thanks
Ed
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