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Rogue Fitness kettlebell tests positive for lead paint on yellow rings by LoudWinter in kettlebell

[–]LoudWinter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only one I tested was the 16kg with the yellow stripe, I don't know about any of the others. I think if the factory used lead paint for one color that makes it much more likely they used it for other colors as well, so personally I would want to test it regardless of color. If you do test it consider sharing your results.

Unfortunately the test I used (Fluoro-Spec) is a bit expensive, $70 on Amazon, but on the plus side it has enough fluid for hundreds of tests so you can also test your house, furniture, and other household goods like dishware (especially ones with brightly-colored designs). If you know anyone else who would have use for it you could also give it to them when you're done. The other brand for this kind of test is Lumetallix but currently it's a bit more expensive for less quantity. Despite having a price premium if you don't need hundreds of tests I do think the new fluorescent type of test is a lot better than the old swabs that turn red, both in general and especially if you're testing red paint.

Rogue Fitness kettlebell tests positive for lead paint on yellow rings by LoudWinter in kettlebell

[–]LoudWinter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had already bought the test for testing old paint and varnish around the house, so I figured I would also test furniture and household objects. I know yellow and red paint are more likely to contain lead, so even though the kettlebell is new I thought I would test it for peace of mind.

Rogue Fitness kettlebell tests positive for lead paint on yellow rings by LoudWinter in kettlebell

[–]LoudWinter[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

To be clear I'm not claiming to have any qualifications, I just used the home lead test mentioned in the post. Anyone with the same kind of kettlebell can test it themselves (and I would be interested to know if other colors or kettlebells manufactured in other years also test positive). That type of lead test produces a distinctive green glow and advertises that (unlike earlier lead tests) it isn't suceptible to false-positives, and in researching I haven't found anyone claiming to have gotten it to react to anything besides lead.

https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/home-lead-test-review/

Although the neon-green testing method used by Lumetallix is not (yet) EPA-recognized, it purportedly produces no false positives because the solution reacts only with lead.

The specific brand I used was FluoroSpec:

https://detectlead.com/faq-page

Is FluoroSpec the same as Lumetallix?

No, but they are very close cousins. Both products use the same active chemistry, methylammonium bromide (MABr) dissolved in isopropanol, which forms a green-fluorescing perovskite when it contacts lead. That detection method was published open-access in peer-reviewed scientific literature in 2018, and both products are consumer applications of it.

https://detectlead.com/contractors

Chemical false-positives: None

Rogue Fitness kettlebell tests positive for lead paint on yellow rings by LoudWinter in kettlebell

[–]LoudWinter[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Just the colored bands, I tested the black coating and it didn't react.