[TheForge] Sodium filled valves

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

On a related question;
I have a lot of Caltrans steel, guard rail and mounting springs, thats 
covered with many layers of old, presumably lead based paint. Does 
anyone have an efficient, cheap way of stripping it clean enough to weld 
and forge and dealing with the dross?

PlumDon at aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 1/22/2009 10:28:24 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> _sos at frii.com_ (mailto:sos at frii.com)  writes:
> 
> Don, from what I remember from your Anvil's Ring article, that is  quite
> the understatement. 'Hundreds' of pounds indeed.
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> This post got me to thinking about some of the great scrounging and  
> salvaging that blacksmiths have done. I would love to hear what 'finds' or  'deals' 
> some others have made. 
>  
> One of my best happened along route 202 in Chester County in Southeastern  
> PA. That's where I found two 1200'  rolls of 1/16" x 4" laying in the  weeds. 
> Well over two tons of new steel. I watched them rust for months and  finally 
> couldn't stand it any longer. I went down with my bench shears and cut  off 8' 
> pieces. I told everyone I knew about it. I ended up with about 300'. In  the 
> past five years I have used almost eleven feet of it. 
>  
> Don Plummer
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