Wanting to Buy Lead sheet/foil

[kilsh]

Has any one got some thin lead sheet they could sell me or knows of a source?

I have some which is about to run out and is 0.1mm thick So I’m looking for something similar.

Thanks

Neil

 

[Banjer]

Hi Neil,
This is what I use.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Veniard-...444163?hash=item567bd06c03:g:YkIAAOSwKIpV~ciy

Bill

 

[kilsh]

Cheers Bill

Just ordered some.

 

[Nap]

Neil

Troutcatchers ( fishing suppliers ) also do lead rolls

Nap

 

[Viking Bob]

https://www.troutcatchers.co.uk/fla...U9XRkvbC2DuK0VlkG7IId5ApYkM9l25vR3Vo6cN1PtgZo

They do flat lead strips 1mm and 2mm wide and sheets of lead

 

[kilsh]

Great thanks both

 

[theBaron]

Ask your dentist, too, especially if he still uses the old X-ray machine, not a digital one. The film blanks were wrapped in lead foil, to prevent them from accidental irradiation. My dentist gave me a whole bucketful of lead foil packets. He was glad to give them to me-he couldn't throw them out, and to pay to have them disposed of in an environmentally sound fashion was exorbitantly expensive for the small amount.
I also use the foil from wine bottles. Not much lead there anymore, but it works just as well.
Hope that helps, too, prosit!
Brad

 

[kilsh]

Thanks Brad!

 

[socko47]

I also use the foil from wine bottles. Not much lead there anymore, but it works just as well.
Hope that helps, too, prosit!
Brad

Neil, To add onto Brad's comment about wine bottles....newer wine's no longer use lead, so what you need is a source of older wine. If there is a high end restaurant they would be throwing out the old used bottles or some wine collector and get his/her used bottles. Usually the "capsule" is cut near the top leaving about 2-3 inches of foil surrounding the neck of the bottle. I make a vertical cut through the capsule and remove the lead sheet. It should come off with no problem...on a rare occasion, if the cork leaked, the lead will be stuck. It will be unpainted on the inside. From there you are on your own to trim and smooth.
FYI from a search on-line - Lead foil capsules on wine bottles began to be phased out in the late 1980s and were mostly gone by the mid-90s. — on new wine. Of course, there were still millions of bottles of wine out in commerce and people’s home cellars
There was a period when wine which had been bottled with lead capsules before it was shown that lead could remain on wine bottles and contaminate the wine as it was poured. Since no one wanted to discard those lead-capsuled wines, it was determined that cleaning the lip and neck of a bottle after removing the lead capsule with lemon juice or vinegar removed most lead residues.
Lead capsules are mostly pure lead, sometimes with a little tin, and lead has respectable scrap value. In addition, lead foil is better recycled than discarded where it might contaminate something. I personally sold quite a few pounds of wine capsule lead foil to scrap dealers.
Happy searching.

 

[theBaron]

But even the current type of "foil" used on wine bottles will work. It's a thin layer of some metal, laminated on a plastic. It cuts and shapes just as lead foil does.

I even use discarded candy foil, like the foil Reese's uses for its miniature peanut butter cups. I use that to make flags, for example, by laminating a couple of sheets with CA glue, and draping it as necessary. I roll it as smooth as I can first.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Fantomas]

Try to contact the Russian company Avanpost, they have the lead sheets of different thickness.

 

[kilsh]

Thanks Fantomas

 

[Avanpost studio]

Greetings, dear friends!
As it was said above, we do have this option in our catalogue:
- M.001 Pack of tin foil
Pack contains 3 sheets (9 x 10 cm) of foil of different thickness: 0,2 mm, 0,3 mm, 0,4 mm. Foil made of tin and it is perfect for banners, belts etc.

Pack price: 10 EUR / 11 USD



To order this or any other positions from our ranges, contact me here by PM or by e-mail ([COLOR=var(--link-color)][email protected][/COLOR]).

 

[Richard Baxter]

I use the metal sheet from old tomato puree tubes. Used to use toothpaste tubing as well but these are all plastic now. Cut the tube open to form a flat sheet, rub it down with something solid to smooth out any wrinkles and off you go.