-Discover the reliability, speed, and convenience of Scitus Lead Testing Swabs for your home. Built on proven chemistry, our swabs are produced in our own facility. Dont endanger your family when you can get accurate results in just 30 seconds.
-Our simple, four-step instruction process makes it easy for anyone to use. Simply clean area in your house that you want to test, dip the swab in household vinegar until it turns a yellow mustard color, apply to the test area rub for 30 seconds or until you see a color change, then read the results. A color change to pink, violet, or purple indicates the presence of lead.
-Please note that when testing non-housepaint items false negatives may occur for a variety of reasons and factors it is not appropriate to use Scitus or another brand of swabs on consumer goods. Dangerous levels for children and adults may be found on objects whose surfaces either hide the lead from the swabs, or have levels of lead that are low enough that it is not readily detectable by the test, but if handled by a person will put off an amount of lead which if consumed would be harmful.
-For homes with multiple layers of paint take care to test all layers, you can do this by cutting a v shaped notch into the wall, by creating a ravine you will expose all layers of paint- rub the swab inside the ravine to detect hidden, historical lead on your walls.
-Clean-up is a breeze with Scitus Lead Testing Swabs. Our swabs are activated by vinegar from your own kitchen!
-Each package contains 30 high-quality lead detection swabs. When you run a cost comparison, youll find that Scitus offers the most economical option on the market without compromising on quality. At Scitus we batch test our production runs to ensure accuracy and reliability of our testing products.
-Use Scitus Lead Testing Swabs to find lead on house paint, our swabs offer the most economical, scientifically formulated home chemical lead testing solution available on the market today.
-This product is designed for use on house paint; it is not designed for use on non-painted surfaces - including ceramics and enamels (pottery, china, stoneware, dishware, tiles, bath tubs, etc.).
As with all tests similar to this one, if testing a metallic surface there will be a positive looking reaction if zinc is present.