I used inletting black and your right.....it gets everywhere no matter how careful I get. I've also used sharpies which I like better than inlet black, but my favorite is just candle soot.
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Regarding red lead and oil....when I was an apprentice, we pounded red lead powder into oil in empty snuff cans, until it was a smooth paste.
We used it for spotting in machine surfaces that we were hand scraping flat. It turns black under pressure between machine elements.
Problem was, red lead powder is pretty poisonous, a bad actor, but what did we know? We drank out of hoses....
Please don't use powdered lead stuff, just cast round balls out of lead, and don't catch them in your teeth...Just sayin'
We used it for spotting in machine surfaces that we were hand scraping flat. It turns black under pressure between machine elements.
Problem was, red lead powder is pretty poisonous, a bad actor, but what did we know? We drank out of hoses....
Please don't use powdered lead stuff, just cast round balls out of lead, and don't catch them in your teeth...Just sayin'
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