I’m guessing the finish chipped from the store cleaning the pan aggressively, but poorly, given the recent sticker date. Is that unusual? Gonna refinish it myself this week, as long as this isn’t setting off anyone’s alarm bells.

Edit: gonna head to the hardware store for a lead test kit and magnets this weekend, unless someone can think of a better process. Thanks for the advice, all!

  • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
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    2 months ago

    It certainly wouldn’t be my first choice for a lead-melting vessel is what I’m getting at. Not that no one has used them for that purpose, I’m absolutely sure plenty of people have, but I’d probably be looking for something a little smaller and/or deeper for that purpose if I had any choice in the matter.

    Yeah … but sometimes people just use what they’ve got.

    This certainly isn’t an ideal container … but it’s also not entirely terrible, either. It can handle the heat without baking off impurities, and it does at least have those side pour spouts, which makes it better than a lot of containers that don’t have spouts at all.

    I wouldn’t rule it out just because this pan isn’t the ideal lead-melting container.