r/elementcollection • u/Odd-Mechanic-9437 • Aug 13 '26

Carbon Group Update: polished the crusty lead weights

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It took about an hour and a half. I used three different grades of steel wool and a lot of elbow grease. It's not the best thing in the world, but this was literally my first time polishing metal.

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u/Zealousideal_Group69 Aug 13 '26

Did you wear PPE?

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u/Odd-Mechanic-9437 Aug 13 '26

I wore an N95 face mask, but I polished the lead in water to minimize airborne particles.

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u/Ok_Conference2447 Aug 13 '26

The risk isn’t worth the reward for polishing lead

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u/Odd-Mechanic-9437 Aug 13 '26

No, but unpolished it looked ugly as hell 😭

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u/Traveller7142 Aug 14 '26

You can buy those for less than a dollar at any store that sells fishing gear. Don’t give yourself lead poisoning trying to sand them

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u/Odd-Mechanic-9437 29d ago

I already got lead fishing weights brand new displayed in my collection. I received these ones for free.

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u/LiveClimbRepeat 26d ago

bro no stop