Features:

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  • Imported
  • Detects lead on most surfaces within 30 seconds
  • EPA recognized
  • Simple to use: just crush, shake and swab. Red means lead(TM)
  • Test confirmation card to verify results in every kit
  • Swabs are non-toxic, odorless, disposable and non-staining
I am very happy I purchased this kit

I am very happy I purchased this kit. The price was the same as Home Depot, but with free shipping Prime, it was easier to order it and have it delivered. The tests themselves revealed we had been living in a house with chipping and cracked lead paint on every wall. A week after the test, we moved. I wasn't going to buy a test, but I figured $10 was cheap enough that I wouldn't care if the product didn't work. So glad I did.

Worked great! I did some test lead checks on a ...

Worked great! I did some test lead checks on a couple pieces of furniture: one of them was a table that I wasn't totally sure if it had lead paint, the other was an old window sash which I knew for a fact had lead. These tests were originally prompted because I felt like I was unclear if what I was testing revealed it had lead in it or not. But the two tests were wildly different! The tables test came up as a light pink-ish and the window sash revealed a blaring RED RED RED pretty much as soon as it touched the paint! These are great quick test, but if you're truly concerned I would hire professional.

Thanks 3M

We bought a house and during the remodel we used this test to check for lead in what will be our daughters bathtub. Glad we did as the test came back positive. Glad 3M makes it easy to test safety in such common things.

Great!

I purchased an antique crock and wanted to see if I could use it as a water dispenser... thanks to this kit I now know I will not be using our crock for drink dispensing. I scraped a little area on the bottom of my crock (where it would not be noticeable) with a knife. The lead test was instantly bright pink! Side note: When testing always use an area of your item being tested that will not be visible because it will forever be yellow/bright pink after testing.

Worked great!

I had some old mechanical parts cabinets/shelves my grandfather got from the dumpster after the army threw them out decades ago. A family member started to refinish them and never finished, so I decided to redo them myself. Fearing that either the old army paint or the sea foam green paint my grandmother used to repaint them back in the 60's might contain lead I decided to buy this test kit. As you can see in the pictures the old army paint was fine. In the middle of the picture the slight yellow color on the green box is the tester liquid. It stays this slightly yellow color if the paint does not contain lead. In the other picture you can clearly see the sea foam green painted box has a pink spot in the lower right corner. This is the color it changed to indicate there was less in the paint. As you can see it worked really well and was very obvious when the paint contained lead.

Great Product

This is a great product and I'm glad I purchased it. I was doing a project with some old window frames and became concerned about possible lead paint on them. These tests are easy to use and easy to read. Because of them, I know that the paint on a couple of the window frames does contain lead and I can now move forward with my project knowing exactly how to treat the frames to make sure there is no danger of lead poisoning.

Easy to use, gives peace of mind

We have a clay cooking pot. We want to make sure it does not contain lead. This test kit was very easy to use. Just follow the direction, squeeze the tube where indicated. You will hear a pop. Just keep shaking and squeezing the tube until the yellow solution shows up at the swab tip. I like the fact that it comes with a test strip to make sure the test is not false negative. Rub the swab tip on the surface under test first. If the test show negative, then touch the swab tip on one of the dots on the test strip to turn it pink to confirm the test is not false negative. The clay pot test shows negative result. That gives us the peace of mind to use the pot.

Worked great when testing for possible lead in a clay pot ...

Worked great when testing for possible lead in a clay pot and saucer I was repurposing by fashioning a clay bread baker. Saved a ton of money!

Peace of mind when you have children

Backstory: I work for a friend’s retail company that primarily sells goods for babies/young children, but also sells some general family products. Most of the goods are imported from all over the place. My friend is really particular about where her merchandise comes from and safety compliance. Unfortunately, many countries do not adhere to the same safety standards that we do in the US, and it’s entirely too common to find children’s items from places like China that are tainted with lead. One such item that comes to mind are soft soled baby moccasins. She tried many different suppliers to try and get the best quality for the most affordable price, and all of her 3rd party lead testing showed positive results. Despite many customers begging for them, she now will not sell these popular shoes at all unless she can find a different supplier whose products pass lead testing. Flash forward to now. Knowing this information regarding baby moccasins from China, I purchased some for my child from what I was told was a reputable USA company with US suppliers. I figured they were safe and would have never purchased them knowing they came from anywhere else. Well, after it took a month to receive them, I decided to check the tracking only to see that they did, in fact, ship directly from China under the guise of the supposed “USA company with US products”. I was extremely frustrated to say the least and I was prepared to throw them out at the mere chance they had lead. However, since I did spend good money on them and couldn’t send them back for a refund, I decided I’d try and obtain a lead test so that I could test them at home and see for myself whether they were safe or not before I made the decision to throw them away. To my pleasant surprise, the tests detected no lead on any part of the shoes. Now I have peace of mind that my child can safely wear them and the tests couldn’t have been easier to use.

Easy to use, gives piece of mind

These test swabs are super easy to use and I was VERY happy to learn that the only lead containing paint in my house is on the window frames (I'd assumed based on the year the house was built that there would be lead EVERYWHERE). Now I can move forward w/ some long overdue household projects w/out worry. (Phew!)

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