What pile do alum mini blinds go in ? They are stripped off the rod, etc.
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What pile do alum mini blinds go in ? They are stripped off the rod, etc.
I did a whole bunch of those a long time ago. I just left them in their own pile, and they didn't go for that much...I think 0.12/lb when steel was 0.075/lb.Quote:
Originally Posted by Renaliz
By me, I've been told to put them in with the dirty / furnace alum same with alum window door screens. Kinds sucks as they are clean painted alum.
At my yard they dont segregate on many different grades of aluminum . its ethier therm-break or aluminum (aluminum cans, aluminum sheet, gutters). when last time i brought blinds in they went with the siding and cans, at 0.60 a pound.
I know some yards segregate on dirty , painted, thermo , clean aluminum. Some yards may say that the paint on the blinds weighs more then the aluminum therefore there a lower grade. All yards are different. i would just put them with the aluminum siding and cans . I hope i was able to help.
I get sheet alum pricing for them .50/Lb
old sheet - depending on your yards classification for alum sheet.
I throw them in with my sheet aluminum.
This is quick money if you can find enough of them, I seem to bring these in on a weekly basis. Most newer blinds are plastic though and not much there to work with. I pile the aluminum ones up until there's enough to mess with, as with anything your efficiency and return is much better with volume. I processed about 20 of them yesterday, different sizes in about 1 hour. When dismantled your left with Aluminum, light steel, brass (sometimes the little gears), plastic, and string ( no value). I use a paper cutter to process the Aluminum blinds, cutting them into 12 to 14 inch sections. On the paper cutter I stack the blinds in 5 to 7 per pile and will lay out 4 piles on the cutter. This way I'm cutting 20 to 30 blinds with each slice. With each cut I sweep the blinds into a 30 Gal. trash can. The ones done yesterday produced 38.6 Lbs. of painted aluminum sold for $.50 a Lb. that's $19.30 in about 1 hour. Have not sold the other metals yet, I was only selling aluminum yesterday. I have buyer that I only sell aluminum to and they buy it sorted into 9 different types counting mixed.