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pretty much all metals contain lead, if you ever get a chance to look at the certs you will be able to see that.

Lead is used for a few reasons in metal one being so you can cut it easier.

as far as replacing salt with metals, stainless is too light, you would need a nickle alloy, like nickle 200 monel , or tungten. brass works also but tarnishes.

stainless and nickle alloys wont give you fine chips like brass will.

Delw

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Lead is used as a bath to treat wire for galvenizing.I think it was to aneal and prepare the wire.Think chain link fence,and chicken wire.Maybe the wire on spinner baits gets the same treatment,or maybe even hooks.I don't know,but a bath of lead really works well to heat wire.

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bojon You are right about the heating of the wire with the lead bath. The lead helps heat even at a lot of heat ranges before it boils. You can get some high temps with it. But the main reason for the use of lead is to stop the oxidizing of the metal. Delw you are right also, even aluminum pipe has lead added to it. If you play with lead every thing needs the warning just in case.

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