[Sca-cooks] Re-tinning copper

[Susan Lin]

Thank you for your information - I'll look for a lead detection kit.  It
never would have occurred to me without your insight.

-S

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 9:52 AM, <yaini0625 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Respected Friend- If you haven't already done it please go to your local
> hardware store and find a lead detection kit. Basically, they are little
> sticks that you would rub on the item and if it turns a shade of pink or red
> the item contains lead. In your case the tin area of your copper pots may
> contain lead. It was common practice to use a combo of tin and lead and
> soldering. When you have it re-tinned make sure its food grade and not
> display grade.
> My family discovered this fact when I was a kid and we were involved in the
> Civil War re enactments. A fellow re-enactor had found or put together a
> complete camp set he had found in an antique shop. Some one mentioned the
> lead content and when he tested it the test strip lit up like a Christmas
> tree light.
> Just precautionary tale. Pewter and tin in the United States should not
> contain lead after 1980ish.
> Aelina
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan Lin <susanrlin at gmail.com>
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> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:24:54
> To: Cooks within the SCA<sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Reply-To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Re-tinning copper
>
> Thank you Stefan.  I will take a look.  After some searching on the
> internet
> I did find one place here in the Denver metro area that does re-tinning and
> is willing to work on these two pans.  I'm looking forward to getting them
> fix and enjoying them for years to come.
>
> -S
>
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:09 AM, Stefan li Rous
> <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>wrote:
>
> > Shoshanah said:
> >
> > <<< I have a couple of antique copper fry pans (small - one egg size)
> that
> > really really need to be re-tinned. >>>
> >
> > We have had some discussion on this. I don't remember whether specific
> > venders were mentioned or not.  I think I put the info in this file in
> the
> > FOOD-UTENSILS section of the Florilegium:
> > cppr-utn-care-msg (10K) 8/21/09 Care and cleaning of copper utensils.
> >
> >
> http://www.florilegium.org/**files/FOOD-UTENSILS/cppr-utn-**care-msg.html<
> http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-UTENSILS/cppr-utn-care-msg.html>
> >
> > If not, perhaps the other info in this file might be of interest.
> >
> > Stefan
> >
> > --------
> > THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
> >   Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas
> > StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
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> >
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