Got the cooler last night at Home Depot ($40 and plenty in my store, I think $20 for 5 gal)
Going to get the hardware soon but I had a question about the brass fittings.
I've seen some posts on here about doing the vinegar & HP soaking to leach the surface lead out. My question is do these things really have lead in them at all? Isn't lead pretty much banned for anything that would come in contact with food & water? Or am I wrong on this?
I realize many/most/all of these parts are probably imported and quality control may not be 100% in regards to following regulations like this. But I was curious if there was an official policy.
I can still do the soak, it's not much of a problem and definitely cheaper than trying to find all the parts in SS.
Going to get the hardware soon but I had a question about the brass fittings.
I've seen some posts on here about doing the vinegar & HP soaking to leach the surface lead out. My question is do these things really have lead in them at all? Isn't lead pretty much banned for anything that would come in contact with food & water? Or am I wrong on this?
I realize many/most/all of these parts are probably imported and quality control may not be 100% in regards to following regulations like this. But I was curious if there was an official policy.
I can still do the soak, it's not much of a problem and definitely cheaper than trying to find all the parts in SS.