If you scrap CRT TV/monitors, I want to give you $5/lb for something you throw away!! - Page 5

Met with a guy today. He noticed a TV I had in my truck and asked if I recycle them, as he wants the piece the OP is referring to. I said I prefer not to take them, but do from time to time. Says he will buy the glass for $30/40 per lb.

I had none to sell, so I have no idea if he was ready to back that statement up. He does want me to call him when I get some, so time will tell.

Send him to the forums! Bidding war!

Lol..thanks for sharing Idaho. Did he mention by chance what he wanted them for?

Sirscrapalot - This glass is all the rage it seems.

Originally Posted by Sirscrapalot

Send him to the forums! Bidding war!

Lol..thanks for sharing Idaho. Did he mention by chance what he wanted them for?

Sirscrapalot - This glass is all the rage it seems.

He said he makes sculptures.

Interesting.

An thanks for sharing. Always interesting to see where the materials we provide from what we do end up.

Thanks again Idaho.

Sirscrapalot - I've got a new invention. It's a revolving bowl for tired goldfish. - Lefty Gomez

Cool, glad there are other people gathering this stuff! I actually found a tv on my street tonight and tore it apart. I got all the copper of course, and it had two small gray glass bars. The best I could do in methods to pull them out was ripping the top band off and then squeezing the metal underneath with needle nose pliers and wiggling. It broke into pieces, but I got it all off relatively quickly. Maybe this other guy knows something I don't know and can offer that for the good colors. Although the 3 tvs I've actually opened up myself only had either this gray or a "watered down skim milk" white, which I don't really have a use for right now. I figured it would be better for you guys for me to just buy it all instead of just picking by color. Is it better for you guys if I offer you less for those and more for the better colors, or take it all at the same price? What colors are you finding most often? If the gray/crappy white are the hardest to remove and aren't so interesting as a color then maybe you can just skip them over and focus on the good stuff. I can pay more for the better colors if you guys want to do it like that. I dunno about $30/lb... but I want to make this worth it for you guys. I'm not trying to kill myself to save some scrap glass, but I'm realizing this isn't as easy for you guys as I thought it would be in the beginning.

Hoss would be having fits if he saw this. lol.

At one point he had a warehouse full of tubes, if I recall right. The man was a master of the tv.

Sirscrapalot - Member of the Hoss fan club

Mtp, as for the colors, I have gotten a couple light blue ones, a couple white ones, and of corse the light brown/dark brown combo that we spoke about last week. I have every color seperate, and have like 5 different colors.

Colors found - 3 shades of blue (yes really), pink, brick red, white, light green, light yellow, grey
White is the most common. A few tubes have had 2 different colored bars.

I doubt anyone will find those big square bars, but that would be cool. I heard those work well.
Yeah, some seem like nice colors, but so far I've only been able to find a weird off white and gray. Is the white you guys are describing like a watered down skim milk white, or a richer cream white?
Some of the colors probably are worth more, but mostly in full bars. Having to gather up small bits of glass to pull out into a usable rod is really time consuming and a pain in the butt. Also, when you put sharp edges of glass in the flame they tend to boil, which can screw up the color. That's why I've invested in a furnace for it. The problem is, the furnace has to go up to at least 2400 degrees for hours, which costs a ton in electricity, not to mention it breaks down the pots extremely quickly. Makes this whole venture kinda costly, but I was hoping there would be enough bulk from you guys to keep it moving and making sense. I dunno, we'll see

So what is everyone doing with the gun once the glass is removed? Stainless or Dirty Stainless?

My yard doesn't do dirty stainless, so it'll go as stainless or shred next time I visit.

An MTP the white I'm finding is of the milky type. I will have to look again when I go down in the shop tho to make sure. I haven't found different blues or a red yet. I still got a bunch to break down tho. I'll have to see if I can take a good photo of the larger pieces, not sure how well that'll work as my only camera is the one on my phone, an it sucks most the time. lol.

Sirscrapalot - The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him. - Niccolo Machiavelli

Originally Posted by Monkythrowpoop

If anyone is interested, and feels like it, please let me know your progress. Is the removal process hard? What colors/shapes are you finding? Is it worth it for you? I've only ripped apart one TV so far, so it would be interesting to hear what everyone else is finding. Thanks again guys, I'm excited to see how this glass recycling venture goes!

thrown a bunch away just before I read this post... opened up a few I still have and found brown so far... pulled out the gun but haven't touch it yet... ben playing with my new wire stripper from tnt tooling.

anyone have an estimate of how many you have to break down to get a #? I realize the tubes are all different sizes, with different size glass... was just curious about an average, or what to expect.


x2 on what do you do with the rest of the gun?

Well, like you said, they're all different sizes, but the bars I got were about 4.5 grams each, which works out to about 50 guns/lb. I'd guess the gun can be sold for stainless after.

Just wondering if anyone has updates on thier methods of removing the gun without making a terrible mess. there wewre a few comments before, but you have had time to practice more.

Bump.