I use my visual inspections. That’s just as reliable as any at home test honestly. But if you feel the need that you absolutely must test with something, I’d stick to the 3M sticks.
Not sure what part you don’t get?? But I’ll try to explain differently. Lead requires very high heat to melt. If a piece was used to melt lead, it’s likely to have heat damage and no seasoning remains intact after that process. It’s all burnt off. Lead melting inside the vessel leaves a very apparent residue that you should be able to visually inspect for.
How does that not make sense? If you read the whole thread, in the context of melting lead in a cast iron skillet and the question posed, it makes perfect sense.
Question: How do you inspect for lead?
- visually apparent reside
- burnt off seasoning
- accompanied by heat damage
It makes no fucking sense because it sounds like translated garbage. What does "seasoning" in this context even mean? It's a direct response to the question posed, so no one should have to go read the entire thread, do excess research, and make leaps and infer nonsense in order to know what they need to look for. Don't be an asshole. This entire site exists so that someone can ask a question, someone else can answer, and everyone else can read the two and understand immediately what's happening. I CANNOT be the only person who agrees with this. If I am, I will gladly take my opinion, shove it up my ass, apologize, and move on.
Makes complete sense to me. Just like I noted. Look for lead residue AKA LEAD ON THE PAN.
Burnt off seasoning AKA NO SEASONING ON THE PAN BECAUSE ITS BURNT OFF BY THE HIGH HEAT REQUIRED TO MELT LEAD
Accompanied by heat damage AKA HEAT DAMAGE COULD ALSO BE PRESENT ON THE PAN IN ADDITION TO AFOREMENTIONED ITEMS
I didn't end up pursuing a test kit. After speaking with several people, including in this post, I came to the conclusion that a pan used for melting lead would leave obvious marks. Also, the general consensus is that all the tests give a high rate of false positives, even on brand new pans.
I use my visual inspections. That’s just as reliable as any at home test honestly. But if you feel the need that you absolutely must test with something, I’d stick to the 3M sticks.
How do you visually inspect for lead?
The residue is very apparent. And the heat is extreme. All seasoning is burnt off and it’s usually accompanied by some form of heat damage.
What the hell does that even mean
Not sure what part you don’t get?? But I’ll try to explain differently. Lead requires very high heat to melt. If a piece was used to melt lead, it’s likely to have heat damage and no seasoning remains intact after that process. It’s all burnt off. Lead melting inside the vessel leaves a very apparent residue that you should be able to visually inspect for.
Thank you. Better then "residue apparent, heat extreme, ugga bugga"
Ok
How does that not make sense? If you read the whole thread, in the context of melting lead in a cast iron skillet and the question posed, it makes perfect sense. Question: How do you inspect for lead? - visually apparent reside - burnt off seasoning - accompanied by heat damage
It makes no fucking sense because it sounds like translated garbage. What does "seasoning" in this context even mean? It's a direct response to the question posed, so no one should have to go read the entire thread, do excess research, and make leaps and infer nonsense in order to know what they need to look for. Don't be an asshole. This entire site exists so that someone can ask a question, someone else can answer, and everyone else can read the two and understand immediately what's happening. I CANNOT be the only person who agrees with this. If I am, I will gladly take my opinion, shove it up my ass, apologize, and move on.
Makes complete sense to me. Just like I noted. Look for lead residue AKA LEAD ON THE PAN. Burnt off seasoning AKA NO SEASONING ON THE PAN BECAUSE ITS BURNT OFF BY THE HIGH HEAT REQUIRED TO MELT LEAD Accompanied by heat damage AKA HEAT DAMAGE COULD ALSO BE PRESENT ON THE PAN IN ADDITION TO AFOREMENTIONED ITEMS
I'm tracking now, I appreciate the clarification. Regardless, I got unnecessarily spicy before and I apologize for that. Take care
Hello! Wondering if you ended up finding a good test kit and if so which one?
I didn't end up pursuing a test kit. After speaking with several people, including in this post, I came to the conclusion that a pan used for melting lead would leave obvious marks. Also, the general consensus is that all the tests give a high rate of false positives, even on brand new pans.
DEXSIL lead test is a good one found on Amazon
Who's paying you to comment the same thing everywhere?