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<p>[QUOTE="lloyd249, post: 306806, member: 1211"]look at the paint , it is water damaged and more than likely full of lead . they painted them to protect them from condensation when they warm up , but the tin and the paint expand and contract at different rates causing the paint to separate from the tin, and the expansion and contraction of the water inside the tin also doesn't help .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lloyd249, post: 306806, member: 1211"]look at the paint , it is water damaged and more than likely full of lead . they painted them to protect them from condensation when they warm up , but the tin and the paint expand and contract at different rates causing the paint to separate from the tin, and the expansion and contraction of the water inside the tin also doesn't help .[/QUOTE]
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