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From: AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org>
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Subject: Re: Red Lead - Still Used?
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 18:40:52 -0600
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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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Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971