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Old 02-05-2008, 04:24 PM   #9
Allan Rahbek Allan Rahbek is offline
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Richard, thanks, I'm afraid of guns too

The lead that I have is a roll of plumbers lead, it's soft. I am not very knowledgeable about chemistry, so I have no way of knowing the contend of the lead but I suspect that it is fairly clean lead.

The vinegar is not a very strong acid and I guess that it erodes the lead because the lead is basic. It will take 4 - 6 weeks before the sufficient ammount of powder is formed.

I found the recipy in an old Danish encyclopedia and figured out how it should be made with the possibility's that we have now a day's.

My plan is to get a large plastic bucket + a smaller one to place inside it. This small one I will place the lead and vinegar into. I will make holes in small squares of lead and hang them on a stainless steel string resting on the top of the small bucket, so that the lead is hanging over the vinegar.
I will place a lid on the large bucket and conduct the carbon acid, from the fermentation, into it.

And cross my fingers
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