Lead Test Kits Unreliable ?

ibsocal

Study out by CPSP on the diy test kit claims over 50 percent used gave a false negative.
so if u use/d them think twice or pay the price.

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08038.html

mdshunk

Why, pray tell, are you doing lead tests anyhow? Did your customer hire you to do lead testing? You can get yourself in some hot water without even realizing it. If you tell the customer they have lead paint (even if the house is very old and they might figure anyhow), they have to disclose that as a known fact upon the sale of the home. Tread carefully.

ibsocal

I personally have never used them,but i have heard them being used here a bit.so basicly heads up.