The handy plastic box contains 16 swabs, test strips and detailed instructions. Each carton contains 10 plastic boxes of 16 swabs each, plus test strips and detailed instructions. When LeadCheck Swabs are used, a pink color that is specific for lead develops within 30 seconds and is stable for hours. In defined laboratory tests, LeadCheck Swabs reproducibly detect down to 2 micrograms of lead. The U.S. Government banned the use of lead in domestic paint in 1978.
Buildings built before that time are likely to contain surfaces covered in lead based paint.
Applications LeadCheck Swabs can be used to detect lead on any surface. Steel Structures such as bridges and water towers. Solder and plumbing fixtures. Sand blasting media. Soil and dust.