Heavy metals are going to stay regardless. Id start over. What sort of air stones did you have that floated? I've always used Sweetwater air stones and they're heavy as hell for an air stone.
Small 1-inch stones, with two and pump enough to brew.
Wondering if I need to dump the fabric pots as well?
There ya go...wait for the test kits to arrive...then wash the empty pots in a bucket after the grow is finished and test the run off. If it was me i would do a CalMag wash/rinse of the empty pots and keep them. You didnt make the mistake that long and you didnt have 10lbs of lead in the bucket...did you? Nah ur grow bags should be fine.
They were two 1-ounce weights, ~40 days of tea making, so not huge amount of lead but since I was attempting to do a near 100% organic grow this season, I couldn't offer any of this friends without hesitation regardless of the test results. Can't be 100% sure. Since lead fishing weights are being banned nationally, time to dump my collection from the tackle box. Read some science papers that lead can be bound/leached out with phosphates and pH at 5.5 or less. RO water also is a natural leaching agent, so will soak in that plus CalMag you recommended. CalMag binds to coco, so maybe it will do same to lead. Bags hopefully will have negative residual. Lead also binds to organic matter, which is good and bad for this issue. It's a bit late, but may still have time for another grow (south-facing greenhouse), and will consider getting some autofem seeds as a backup. This was really stupid; I know better.
Our lead does have an effect. Albeit from mass deposits. OP is consuming less than most homes tap water.
I don't want to know. The amount of tire weights melted and mini balls, sabots and sinkers I've cast. Sure I'm F'd. But ignorantly still kicking.
LMAO I cast sinkers too. I powder coat them Dillon Blue like my bullets. I find those sinkers work so well trying to catch ol' cats in a river with good current.
Our dying ways of basic survival. Crazy what you have. Only 3 full 5 gallon buckets and about 2 dozen batteries. Those are a scary mess that uses a ton of water and baking soda. LOL. Share your skills. Never know.
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A few thousand remodels as a painter of high end old old homes. Before awareness, regulations or OTC test kits. I ain't making hats yet. Although I have considered.
I stay away from those batteries. Unfortunately you'll find mostly stick-ons for wheel-weights these days. They're almost pure lead which burns off a polymer coating that can give off a lot of bad fumes. Last time I did a melt, I was surprised the neighbours didn't complain because I was freaking out myself. Haha
Moved to cubicle suburbia. Sold sinkers on the Grand River by the pound for good profit. A good 100+#'s of all sizes with swivels in storage. I keep 15#'s in my vest game pouch for traction wading. LOL. Deep fast water snag prone fishing here. And I have a pellet gun if I need to eat now. Police are rarely called for that.
