Guest guest Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Hey all. When I was at Walmart the other day I couldn't help but buy a gallon sized Sun Tea Jar with a plastic spigot (that is removable so it can be cleaned). It has a plastic lid with a handle and little fun colored dots painted on the outside. Does anyone else have one of these and if so - has anyone tested it for lead? It was made in the USA, not China. I was suprised! Seems everything is made in China or Taiwan these days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Funny --- I just bought the same exact jar yesterday for my KT. I was going to ask the same thing. If you get an answer-- please let me know. De > personally I use 2 gallons glass jar that I bought at wallmart, they have > a cylinder shape so the opening is as big as the container itself, very > usefull for the kombucha to breath well. and they are not expensive, > around $18.00 in Canada > > > ________________________________ >> kombucha tea >> From: luv2scrap@... >> Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 07:43:04 -0600 >> Subject: Walmart Sun Tea jar... >> >> >> Hey all. When I was at Walmart the other day I couldn't help but buy a >> gallon sized Sun Tea Jar with a plastic spigot (that is removable so it >> can be cleaned). It has a plastic lid with a handle and little fun >> colored dots painted on the outside. Does anyone else have one of these >> and if so - has anyone tested it for lead? It was made in the USA, not >> China. I was suprised! Seems everything is made in China or Taiwan these >> days! >> >> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 > Hey all. When I was at Walmart the other day I couldn't help but buy a > gallon sized Sun Tea Jar with a plastic spigot (that is removable so it > can be cleaned). It has a plastic lid with a handle and little fun colored > dots painted on the outside. Does anyone else have one of these and if so > - has anyone tested it for lead? It was made in the USA, not China. I was > suprised! Seems everything is made in China or Taiwan these days! > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Ops. I just realized I responded to the wrong person. --- let me know if you find the answer to your question. I just bought that same jar yesterday. De Hey all. When I was at Walmart the other day I couldn't help but buy a > gallon sized Sun Tea Jar with a plastic spigot (that is removable so it > can be cleaned). It has a plastic lid with a handle and little fun colored > dots painted on the outside. Does anyone else have one of these and if so > - has anyone tested it for lead? It was made in the USA, not China. I was > suprised! Seems everything is made in China or Taiwan these days! > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 I bought one last year about this time and have used it all year and have enjoyed the convenience of the spout... I've been on this list reading as much as possible (sometimes I get behind and it's just easier to delete than catch up) but up until just recently I didn't see anything that talked about testing my glass for lead so I never tested it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 > The lead test kit is $4 that's a small price to pay to know for sure. Actually, the lead test kits don't work very well for anything that can't produce a small amound fine powder when scratched. They're great for paint, but even heavy lead crystal will usually, unless tested over a chipped spot, test negative for lead simply because the lead won't be available to the test chemicals. I'm not sure if the following will work, but it should have a smaller false negative rate anyway: try using a small, fine-toothed file (such as a needle file which hasn't been used for working lead-containing metals) on the rim of the jar to test, then testing the powdered glass you collect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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