Re: Red Lead - Still Used?

On 11/4/2024 6:15 PM, jon wrote:

Red lead was used for scratches. And pin holes on metal. , came in tube like toothpaste, apply thin layer , sand and then paint and yes color was red ….
 

There are several glazing or "spot" compounds for filling sand scratches and pinholes in a primer before your wetsand and color. Some of those are red. The one I use is bright green.  Mostly it should contrast the primer color so you can see where the layers are when wet sanding.
https://www.uschem.com/en/products/finishing-glazes-and-putties/
That's red but it's not lead.  Mine's not even red:
https://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfromthepast/3ra99l.jpg
When I was young there was a lead brick red color powder sold as 'red lead' by weight at hardware stores. The clerk scooped it into a paper sack on the scale and I rode it home on my bicycle. My father mixed it with linseed oil to make a metal primer for downspouts gutters and the like.
https://ihousetop.decorexpro.com/en/strojmaterialy/surik-kraska/
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