P100 filter for lead smelting

[browndude]

Like to make some slugs eventually ,but how long do you guys keep using your filter cartridges considering lead fumes/ particles? I'd be low volume backyard affair.

[croue]

I don?t use a filter.
I do it with the garage door open and a fan pulling fumes away.
If you?re outside I think you?d be good as long as you?re not trying to sniff it and don?t get it overly hot.

How big a pot are you using?


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[CSACANNONEER]

I've never used a filter or any type of mask while casting.

[BIGOX]

I have never used a filter just keep the doors and windows open and run a fan but don't direct the fan directly at the pot but just above it.

[croue]

I?d recommend putting the fan in the other side of the pot from where you?ll be working and point it away so it pulls the fumes not pushes them.

Think exhaust fan. Not intake fan.


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[bruce381]

any fumes are from oil, rubber, old bullet lube etc. the lead should never get hot enough. Maybe if RED hot yeah but it is NOT volatile. Casting 45 years NO mask but EYE protection for splash will hurt you big time and gloves is HOT. You get lead in your blood from breathing in DUST or eating on food wash hands before eating and NO problem it will not make fumes.

[croue]

Lead smelting - especially in bullet casting home sized operations - is pretty safe. But there are small amounts of lead in the air even in casting. A small fan or working in open spaces is smart and useful and also probably more than adequate to protect you there.

Totally agree a mask and filter is almost certainly overkill unless you?re casting in a closet with the door shut.

You are far more likely to get lead exposure from handling the lead, tools, and other surfaces and not following proper hygiene afterwards like really good hand washing and surface cleanup, etc.


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[browndude]

Lead smelting - especially in bullet casting home sized operations - is pretty safe. But there are small amounts of lead in the air even in casting. A small fan or working in open spaces is smart and useful and also probably more than adequate to protect you there.

Totally agree a mask and filter is almost certainly overkill unless you?re casting in a closet with the door shut.

You are far more likely to get lead exposure from handling the lead, tools, and other surfaces and not following proper hygiene afterwards like really good hand washing and surface cleanup, etc.


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Thick rubber or suede Harbor freight cheapos would do the trick I think. Appreciate the replies yall! I have lead wipes for after a range day.

[croue]

Thick rubber or suede Harbor freight cheapos would do the trick I think. Appreciate the replies yall! I have lead wipes for after a range day.

Are you talking about gloves? I got the harbor freight welders gloves for casting. Def do the trick.


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[browndude]

Are you talking about gloves? I got the harbor freight welders gloves for casting. Def do the trick.


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Yupper! Keep a pair in the truck for anything hot or cold to hsndle

[croue]

That?s also where I got a welders apron to keep lead splatter off my clothes.


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[kcstott]

It's not the lead creating fumes, it's what ever you flux with.

[browndude]

It's not the lead creating fumes, it's what ever you flux with.

Besides beeswax what's good for fluxin?
House candle?

[BIGOX]

Sawdust, parifin wax is a reducer not an actual flux.
Make sure the sawdust is dry

[kcstott]

Besides beeswax what's good for fluxin?
House candle?

Brownells Marvelux
Borax powder,

Do not use any commercial candle wax, You have no idea what kind of perfumes and other contaminates are in it. I've never had good luck with Beeswax. Marvelux is what I've found to work well for me.