Richard, thanks, I'm afraid of guns too
The lead that I have is a roll of plumbers lead, it's soft. I am not very knowledgeable about chemistry, so I have no way of knowing the contend of the lead but I suspect that it is fairly clean lead.
The vinegar is not a very strong acid and I guess that it erodes the lead because the lead is basic. It will take 4 - 6 weeks before the sufficient ammount of powder is formed.
I found the recipy in an old Danish encyclopedia and figured out how it should be made with the possibility's that we have now a day's.
My plan is to get a large plastic bucket + a smaller one to place inside it. This small one I will place the lead and vinegar into. I will make holes in small squares of lead and hang them on a stainless steel string resting on the top of the small bucket, so that the lead is hanging over the vinegar.
I will place a lid on the large bucket and conduct the carbon acid, from the fermentation, into it.
And cross my fingers
