White lead?

[crabo]

Anyone heard of it? A friend of mine bought some in a tin at a garage sale when he was buying plumbing supplies.

[imashooter2]

It's used as a pigment for white paint.

Or at least it was before ghetto babies started eating it.

[deltaenterprizes]

It was used in machine shops as a high pressure lube on the dead centers of a lathe. I have 2 little tins made by Dutch Boy. Plumbers may have used it as a lubricant also. It can be made by soaking lead in vinegar.
Will he sell it? There was a fellow looking for some on the "Practical Machinist" forum.

[Trifocals]

White lead was also used as pipe dope on pipe threads when screwing pipe and fittings together.

[Jim]

White lead was also used as pipe dope on pipe threads when screwing pipe and fittings together.

Oh, Lord, I used enough of THAT to drown a grown man!

[RU shooter]

I remember my Grandpap telling me he used it as a lube when he operated heavy equipment waaaay back when.

[geargnasher]

Sounds like lead oxide, maybe similar to the stuff they used to put in paint to make it opaque?

Might be a nightmare to reduce to elemental form.

Gear

[lylejb]

+1 delta

I thought they quite making that a long time ago, maybe 1950's or 1960's?

[whisler]

White Lead as used in paint is Lead Carbonate (Basic White Carbonate of Lead). Lead reacted with vinegar would yield Lead Acetate.

[leadman]

Was used as a sealant for the old GM heavy truck diesel engines. I read where there were many health issues documented concerning the use of this stuff. I would like to see an /msds on it.

[H-Marlin]

Was used as a sealant for the old GM heavy truck diesel engines. I read where there were many health issues documented concerning the use of this stuff. I would like to see an /msds on it.

Flinn Scientific has a lot of good info on its website and here is a msds for lead carbonate. Good people to deal with.


http://www.flinnsci.com/Documents/MSDS/L/LeadCarbonate.pdf