[Shop-talk] adhesive for lead wheel balancing weights

Wayne wmc_st at xxiii.com
Sun Sep 21 21:36:01 MDT 2008


old dirtbeard wrote:
> I know this is going to make me sound like the cheapest man on the face of the
> earth, but it actually is driven more by trying to be green (keeping
> unnecessary lead out of the landfills, etc.).

Check with any local tire shop.  Clean lead, like dang near scrap metal
these days, is valuable.  They collect and recycle them.  They would
probably be happy to take an extra pound or two for free.  Then buy
clean new ones.

   -Wayne C


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