I still do a lot of shooting and instructing at ranges. I only go to ranges that are well ventilated and I get my lead levels checked periodically. To add to what Bill said, make sure you wash your hands with COLD water the first time. Using warm water opens the pores and allows the lead to be absorbed more easily. Using COLD water first, prevents the pores from opening and keeps a majority of the lead out of your body. Then you can follow up with warm water if you like. Also, when working with lead, don't touch your hands to your face (eyes, nose, mouth) until you've washed your hands. Those are the easiest points to absorb lead into your body. Regards, Rob McCall McCall Piano Service, LLC www.mccallpiano.com Murrieta, CA 951-698-1875 On Nov 15, 2010, at 06:12 , Bill Fritz wrote: > Wim et al, be VERY CAREFUL w/ ANY LEAD CASTING. The vapors are poisonous and longer term will kill you. I'd suggest letting someone else supply you w/ the formula you need. ALSO, WASH YOUR HANDS VERY CAREFULLY AFTER WORKING w/ THE LEAD. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_poisoning > > I was a pistol shooter & reloader... during an active phase, my body lead content shot up over the warning point (above 40) just from handling it, alone. My friends who actually moulded their own bullets got into the dangerous-to-body-organ-shutdown stages... though I suspect they moulded for themselves, as well as others. > Find someone in your area who has the shop w/ appropriate venting & procedures to handle such. Maybe even talk w/ your local gun shop and ask who does moulding. Usually they know who does. > > Best Regards... Bill Fritz, St Louis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101115/de4bb880/attachment.htm>
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