Testing My Vintage Cookware for Lead with Cotton Swabs
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- I bought this lead test kit for testing a Wilton Armetale skillet. I thought I would test a few more vintage pieces of cookware. Testing Griswold cast iron, Taiwan cast iron, Sanko Ware, Visions and Pyrex for lead. I honestly didn't expect the glass items to test for lead but was surprised by other results. True? Not? Sharing :)
Note: will have to buy a more expensive test kit to redo the Griswold cast iron. That was just weird.
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Jesse Gallagher
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Yup, 4 of our 7 old cast iron pans had lead. Basically, they were used at one point to melt lead (only takes one time)
lol Your personality seems so cool. This was a joy to watch purely because of your reactions.
Thanks! I'm about to test some vintage aluminum painted wood handle pans I've had for a while. For some reason I never considered the handles a risk. Fingers crossed! :)
Oh man. I feel like I need to take these q-tips to store to test the pans before I buy.
Yeah, reading lead stuff on the internet is scary. I'll get a better test soon to double check them all... and still use my corning butter dish with the Butterfly Gold pattern... sigh.
To be clear, just because lead is present does NOT mean it’s leaching. In many cases, the lead used in certain paints and glazes is actually inert in the finished product and does not pose a health issue. So, it’s not coming off on your hands just by touching it.
Also, some (many) of these home test kits can react off other metals (even utensil marks on plates, etc) and can give false positives.
You really need to do a multi-hour leach test with a kit from a company like Abotex to test for leachable lead.
There are a select few sources online that use fear-for-$$$ to generate clicks and claim everything in unsafe when that’s not the case.
Much appreciated John! Good to know.
I'm mainly worried about teacups since that's boiling hot water.
Oh my god! Thanks for the video! I have this exact Sanko pan!
ThanX for sharing this information. I tested a couple of asian tea cups that i adore but the idea that there might be lead in them has prevented me from enjoying them. Tested negative so I can resume using them.
It’s very interesting, as the general consensus in the cast iron groups, from the old timers right on through to modern, is that lead, was never, and is not ever, used in any way in on or around cast iron cookware. Not even the ancient Chinese, with one exception… individuals, would sometimes melt lead in cast iron cooking/baking vessels, to pour into moulds, for decorations, or fishing lures…dive belt weights, etc.. and those pans, would find their way into swap meets, yard sales, etc where unsuspecting individuals would purchase and cook with.
So it will be interesting, to see what the 3M tests show…
I hear you. I had read that and that's why I was a bit baffled. Still waiting on the 3M but should be here today.
Where did you hear that?!
Vintage cast iron with an enamel coating often had lead
@@archygrey9093 yes, the enamel coated, often had lead or cadmium…and some people, would use cast iron lead pots to melt lead, and some, would use cast iron cookware to pour that lead into..but..in the mfg of the cast iron itself, no lead was used.
Maybe, don’t eat off the outside of the pot??
So, my experience with lead paint has come a long way. First of all, I broke the bedroom wall right next to my bed, and it littered paint chips all over the top area. After that, my dad unknowingly helped do my laundry for me. It could already have been clean of lead paint chips and dust although the logic for leftover bleach says otherwise. Like it might not be completely clean and safe to use because it might not have been washed thoroughly that time, but I've accepted it regardless. For the past few weeks, he has sneaked on me and seen me sleeping on my chair. He told me that he thinks I'm crazy. Though with my OCD logic, I couldn't completely lay trust on the blanket. I was scared to admit to him about that stupid lead paint problem because he might think I'm even more crazy. Just yesternight, I tried to be more normal by curling up and sleeping on it. When I woke up, the next thing I know is that I've done something extremely stupid and mouthed the blanket. I've always been telling myself. It's not brave it's stupid to do that. Lastly, do you think I'll be fine from it? Just a note to you, the paint has not been tested with real tests. I'd only acted like it is lead paint for real.
… what?
Oh god I'm scared 😳! On my way to order these test swabs, better safe than sorry 😅. Especially lead paint on the wall, it's crazy how an everyday thing might be slowly killing you..
I have a set of Pyrex Tableware dishes I'm now afraid off :( Sigh!
Oh dang. I just bought some of these off eBay.
Appreciate the test. I'm good on my sankowares.
Me too! Gorgeous cookware!
Baa Humbug you live to tell the tale! ha Ha Ha! time to change back to finding "long lost recipes"
How about fried corn meal mush with syrup :)
Grows a little hair on your chest….
In my opinion i would take everything that did test positive and test with another brand of lead test. Something like the 3m brand that might be more accurate
I feel also that you sandpapering your pans gave you a false positive
I am going to try the 3M. Good idea.
@@FatJesus1911 Ya know I wondered about the sandpaper. I actually filmed testing the sandpaper by itself for lead but it didn't change color. I will do a re-test with the 3M though.
Thanks!!!!
Hi there, my question to you is does it matter if there's lead on the outside of the snake ends because isn't it what's on the inside of the pan that matters?
I do think what's inside is what's more important. I know some people worry about the outsides. I think as long as you was your hands? IDK.
No, those tests are not correc t on that pot with the orange flower. I bought mine in 1980s new. It was fashion then. There is no way that lead paint was used on them according to the age of the cookware. I have old enamel pots made in Britain, those might have as they are before 1920, you can feel the difference in weight. These flowery pots are modern and light. Plastic handles, not even bakalite like the older aluminium pots. Something is off.
Lead was banned in 78 I think. Weren't these around 82? I will purchase a different, better swab kit and test again.
@@xetaprime lead is a huge risk that can be present in our kitchens. Unfortunately it is not only house paints that could be contaminated with lead. Some glaze on plates, low cost aluminum pots and even spices that we use. I think that the lead problem is much wider in it's scope than what we realize. Testing cookware is a responsible action to take as manufacturers may have taken shortcuts. And I may be unpleasantly surprised with my lovely pots.
There is still lead in items produced after. Just going off the timeline isn't exactly fool proof. Some Starbucks mugs have lead according to some other posts, and not exactly safe levels either. Be safe out there.
btw theres lead arsenic etc....toxic in almost everything sooo sad, not only on vintage stuff makes me sad I think of my baby granddaughter😒😐
Way to call this out!!
Meh when we moved to a 1960 apartment I did so many renovation not knowing wall paints might have lead :( now i still dont know but just scared) :/
I just ordered a kit to test my 1960's Libbey Gold Coin glassware.... will be utterly distraught if I can't use them anymore.
Gotta be strong though .... I've already lost enough brain cells!
I hear you and good luck! :)
Wow, old cast iron contains lead which doesn't exactly surprise me since lead safe products wasn't exactly a thing in the past.
I'm sad but not surprised by the hammered pan. I was surprised by the cast iron. As Christopher mentioned above I'll try a 3M test next on them. I did buy the cheapest swabs.
@@xetaprime Looking forward to the update.
Old cast iron would only have lead reside if someone used the vessel to melt or form lead in. None of these pieces indicate they were used as such. I agree, cheap tests, false positives. Wouldn’t trust them at all.
if it goes positive for Griswold it's not accurate none of the founders ever used Lead in thare casting you might want to find something a little bit more accurate.
Agreed. 3M test arriving tomorrow.
Did you ever test with 3M?
Lead used for meltining in iron will be noticeable.
Agreed :)
and not only lead its arsenic copper aluminum etc....ugh my whole kichen is vintage from sears curtains to pots pans I have the whole butterfly gold dishware my flameware pyrex glass coffee percolator salt/pepper shakers Have to buy those swabs or maybe a thing its like a scanner a device to check if theres toxic😐
Yeah, ugh, I just watched Lead mama's PYREX video, again :(
But how accurate are these tests. Also, the directions according to amazon where that exact test is sold. Says to dip it in white vinegar not water.
Probably not too. The Exposome BioSciences Lead Test Swabs says use water though.
Do a hair analysis. It revealed my family to have high aluminum and copper. We have copper pipes. We had to chelate
I'd be afraid to. But might be something to think about.... :)
How about all the millions apon millions of homes that have copper plumbing with the multitude of lead soldered joints. Also there is a multitude of homes that have lead entrance water main line coming into there homes built in the early 20th century and before.
UGH I tell ya :(
Did the 3M test say the Griswold was positive for lead or negative?
The 3M test I bought off Amazon was 4 years old. One swab didn't work. The other I nearly had to destroy it to get fluid into the tip. I did test the Griswold with it and it was negative. I would like to get another kit though, not from Amazon that isn't out of date so I feel it was a proper test.
At your age, does it really matter?
Probably not! :)
I would try to avoid lead at any age.
Old Stuff Can Have A Lot Of Lead Unless It’s An Apple Product
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is this tuff dangerous?
Lead? It was banned in 1978 I believe. Not good for humans :)
What's the name of the product you're using?
Exposome BioSciences Lead Test Swabs
Also, a lot of seasoning have lead in them at an FDA approved level. So, testing a seasoned pan is not a good test.
Why would seasoning have lead? It’s a polymerized oil. The only way to have lead in seasoning is if lead in the our cooking oils.
Crap tests, I wouldn’t trust that any of them were true positives. Especially on the bottom of skillets.
wow thats scary af
Whatcha gonna do? :)
Wash Your Hands After Handling
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
...and lead free cookware.