Difference between revisions of "Red lead putty"

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Description

A putty mixture used for caulking pipe joints in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Red lead putty is made with red lead, lead white and boiled linseed oil.

See also putty, and caulk.

Authority

  • Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

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