Quote Originally Posted by Mechanic688 View Post
I think you would have a .50 a lb board left.
Better then .10-.12 cents which is what I get for completely bare board in light iron.



Quote Originally Posted by miked View Post
The best answer for me comes directly form my buyer. Perhaps take good photos of before and after you have removed the material. Send the photos to your buyer and get his answer.

Personally I do remove a lot of the material that tends to lower the value of boards on some boards. This has worked well for me but I tend to hold my boards for a long time and have the time to remove the extra junk. Mike.
I hold my boards for a long time too and have the time to remove most the components I was going to start using a hot sand bath to remove everything. I know things like small transformers etc will downgrade a board quickly because of weight. I just see the fact that I can only sell about half the components on boards the other half is not really valuable so I still need to profit off what I can not process and at .50/lb that is not too bad for what is left.