Scitus, Know Understand 30 Lead Tests for All Painted Surfaces, Get Results in 30 Seconds, Test Painted Surfaces Around The House

Refinishing kitchen cabinets on my own and I was reasonable confident that there's no lead, but my house is old, and I can't be sure. (I think the kitchen rebuilt in the 90s, and there's not a lot of paint layers, but i really don't know.) 16$ seemed like a reasonable price for some extra piece of mind. I've read the home kits aren't always accurate, and the only downside would be what to do with a potential false positive, or difficult to interpret color change. The test is easy to use, dip the Q-tip like swab in vinegar, and rub it on the surface for 30 seconds. Then compare to the color chart. (It fades from yellow to a dark pink red) I tested several areas, and the swab stayed an unambiguous yellow. So far so good. My negative control was the clean floor. Next - I tested some solder wire with lead, and it turned a definitive pinkish red. I only gave 4 stars for accuracy, because i don't know for sure. Overall, if you are looking for a cheap, quick, and easy confirmation that your project is probably safe, this is a great kit. I'd probably go with a professional for a major renovation if you had serious concerns that there was lead.

Tried the other brand that you only get a couple in the package for nearly $20, and have to break glass tubes inside the cardboard etc etc. Half came dried up, and hurt my hands breaking glass tubes, and the only way to get your money worth was squeezing liquid into a bowl and using your own qtips to get multi uses out of one tube. This other product..... Love them!!!! Come with the dried solution on them bundled in like a pair twisted...... Similar to Snap Pops on the fourth of July. Do in tiny bit of vinegar and rub on your item. I used multiple sides on different items to get even more out of them when no lead was present on the first item. Great price, less mess, less hassle and easy to use!!! It is not easy sometimes to determine the colors difference, but can tell you from experience, when it finds lead, it gets dark. Definitely know when you find lead. Will buy these from now on!!! Highly recommend!!

Bought a house from the early 70s, unknown if any lead-based paint. Have a baby - got these to check out the paint before removing wallpaper and repainting what will be her nursery. All these test swabs were negative (turned yellow when dipped in white vinegar and stayed yellow after rubbing in chopped areas of paint) BUT my mom-paranoia had me concerned that the tests could be falsely negative since there is no internal test to verify the swabs were working (understandable that you might not want to put a lead something in a kit, I get it). So I bought a lead fishing sinker and the tests swabs turned very obviously purple! I was happy with this but my mom-paranoia would not let me rest before I sanded the dickens out of the nursery before repainting, since I still could not find data on the false negative rate on the product packaging, or much info about the validity of the company on their website. Of note this test is not EPA certified as of my check on their website. So my mom-paranoia made me then get the EPA certified D-Lead tests. The D-Lead test was also negative. So in summary, these tests agreed with the EPA certified tests, but unclear how sensitive they are relative to the certified tests.

I used another generic test kit several years ago after we moved into our historical 1920's house and found no positive lead traces at the time which was cause for relief. I ordered this kit in preparation for stripping and reglazing some of our historical wood windows that need it as I could not recall if I'd tested those on the first round since the paint is outdoors. I got an immediate positive result for lead (to my disappointment!) and proceeded to re-test many other areas of our home we previously believed were safe. Many places were, in fact, totally fine, but I with the SCITUS kit I was able to identify a few additional places where lead was present. I now unfortunately need to deal with lead abatement before I can fix these windows, but I am glad to know and have it removed so it doesn't contaminate our house further. The kit is simple to use - the instructions are clear, and the kit really will be a very easy to identify dark red if lead is present (and will smudge red on the test surface, too). I appreciate the amount of test swabs in the kit as I didn't feel the need to be stingy with my re-testing of many different surfaces around our house.

I just did a test of my outdoor house paint in a house we just purchased that it over 100 years old. Was able to ascertain that there had been lead paint but it had been painted over thickly, to "solve" the issue with non-lead paint. Only it's all flaking off in large square flakes. So the parts that are still solidly painted came up with no lead in them, and only occasionally a slight tinge of the pink color on the surface itself that I was rubbing. The back of the flakes showed dark purple immediately. The result and color change was very quick and clear and the color change on the swab happened instantly. These are really good for this purpose and I would recommend them. I only now need to figure out what to do with the fact that I've got exposed lead paint on the outside of my house!

Lo compré para ver si unas sillas metálicas pintadas llevaban plomo. Probé primero con algo que sí llevaba plomo y lo detecta perfectamente.

Good value for a reliable lead tester.

Deze gekocht omdat we veel verf moesten verwijderen in ons huis. We vermoede dat er lood in zat dus geprobeerd met deze wattenstaafjes te testen. Heel duidelijk was het resultaat niet waardoor je eigenlijk alleen maar meer onzeker bent. Hetgeen wat je juist wel wilt.

Fonctionne très bien et facile d’utilisation

I got these to test my brass as common alloys can have high lead contents. They work as expected. On alloys I expected to contain lead (360 brass alloy), they turn distinctly purple. On other types of brass they only turned orange, so I don't think lead was detected. Tip: if you're looking for a positive control, solder is a good source of lead and turns the test purple almost instantly. The yellow/orange colour seems to fade after a few minutes, leaving the purple more obvious.