Lead smelting
Posted:
Tue Sep 29, 2015 1:06 pmby Dalorin
All,
Does anyone know of there is a way to know if an old cast iron pan was ever used for recasting lead (ie for fishing weights).
Apparently this is one of America's favorite past times.
I want to use my old cast iron flea market finds but now I'm concerned.
All advice is appreciated.
Re: Lead smelting
Posted:
Tue Sep 29, 2015 2:12 pmby tony.latham
I do some bullet casting in a regular lead pot, but it's not cast iron. I don't think a guy could clean up cast iron after melting lead in it to fool anyone, but lead poisoning isn't a joke.
You might try 3m's Lead Check system. It's made for paint. You might want to do a swab on known non-lead cast iron before you swab an unknown to make sure it doesn't give you a false positive on iron.
http://www.amazon.com/LeadCheck-LC-2SDC ... +leadcheckTony
Re: Lead smelting
Posted:
Tue Sep 29, 2015 2:59 pmby DrCrash
Yes there is a kit you can buy at Ace hardware that is used for lead test...
http://www.acehardware.com/product/inde ... pla_997927
Re: Lead smelting
Posted:
Tue Sep 29, 2015 4:46 pmby dales133
Id be very weary about using it for food if theres even a shadow of a doubt it's been used for smelting lead
As tony said lead poisonings no joke and it may hang up in the cast irons pores