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From: Material Girl
Date: 10-27-2006, 11:42 AM (1 of 6)
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I may need to get some penny lead weights. Are they actually made of lead? Are they dangerous? |
User: Material Girl
Member since: 10-04-2004 Total posts: 35 |
From: Chrysantha
Date: 10-27-2006, 08:00 PM (2 of 6)
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yes they are lead...and unless you eat them (or stick them up your nose and don't take them out) and you have to eat a LOT of them...they aren't dangerous.
Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
Member since: 09-06-2002 Total posts: 2414 
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From: lendube
Date: 10-27-2006, 08:11 PM (3 of 6)
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But absolutely, positively wash your hands after handling. Don't eat or smoke or stick your fingers anywhere near your mouth while working with it. I only know this since I've done a bit of stained glass and worked with lead. It is nasty but you'll be fine if you're careful with it. Lennie |
User: lendube
Member since: 08-06-2006 Total posts: 1548 |
From: Material Girl
Date: 10-30-2006, 04:11 AM (4 of 6)
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Lendube, I do soldering, love it but avoid any solder with lead in it. thanks for the info. |
User: Material Girl
Member since: 10-04-2004 Total posts: 35 |
From: lendube
Date: 10-30-2006, 12:39 PM (5 of 6)
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Good policy but I didn't find it worked as well. What are the penny weights for? Lennie |
User: lendube
Member since: 08-06-2006 Total posts: 1548 |
From: stephi
Date: 10-30-2006, 01:46 PM (6 of 6)
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What are you using them for?? In the horse comunity we put actuall cions in our riding jackets so the back flaps wont fly up as bad. You might be able to do that or find some other heavy flat object to weight it down?? But yes only prolonged exposure near porus areas will cause lead poisoning!
Stephi
"No body knows what it is that I do until I dont do it" "if you do what you have always done you will get what you have always gotten" |
User: stephi
Member since: 03-17-2006 Total posts: 361 
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