Lead in a pot - ???

[Dartmoor navigator]

I used a Primus Litech pot to melt down some lead recently. Cleaning it isn't a problem but I am concerned that there may be unseen residue of lead contained in the coating. I really don't want to use it unless I can be 100% sure that there is no chance of and form of lead releasing from the pot as I want to use it for my son (9 years old) and I. TBH I have lots of other pots to use but I just wondered if anyone had a view on this????

Ta very much

 

[crosslandkelly]

Throw it away or keep it for lead use only.

 

[Dartmoor navigator]

Throw it away or keep it for lead use only.

Thanks, that was my assumption so far and you have confirmed it



I shall have to nick some more lead off the church roof now just to use the pot

 

[British Red]

Hard cast bullets?

 

[swright81076]

I have a lead pan and ladle in the shed. Its an old cooking pan, it is only ever used for melting lead in the chiminea.

sent from my Jelly Bean'd galaxy nexus.

 

[Dartmoor navigator]

Hard cast bullets?

Oh I wish. Lead core to the base end of hazel wading staffs.

 

[santaman2000]

+3. It's a dedicated lead pot now.

 

[Dartmoor navigator]

+3. It's a dedicated lead pot now.

Thanks for that. I am just putting the ladder up against the church wall as I type this from my iPhone....

 

[21st century pict]

I was watching a dude on TV recently,( third world stuff) he was savaging electronic PSB boards out of TV'S computers, old radios that sort of stuff in a massive dump, tacking them home and melting it down in a large wok over an open fire, after he had recovered the lead he cooked his food in the same pan, he would have been quicker shooting the stuff strait in to his brain.
If it’s a good steel pan scrub it out with sand or emery cloth and it should be ok but I would go with the general opinion here and use it for lead only now.