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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 184152, member: 56"]Both lead and zinc oxidize. (Lead-white paint is made with oxidized lead.) Lead weighs considerably more than zinc. I would expect it to seem light-weight if made of zinc. I don't know about the smell. Could be an influence from the wood. Maybe some kind of mold.</p><p><br /></p><p>People used to eat wafers of lead stamped in the image of saints. It was like taking a holiness pill to fight the devils within. As they did that way back when, there may be somewhere they're still doing it today.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 184152, member: 56"]Both lead and zinc oxidize. (Lead-white paint is made with oxidized lead.) Lead weighs considerably more than zinc. I would expect it to seem light-weight if made of zinc. I don't know about the smell. Could be an influence from the wood. Maybe some kind of mold. People used to eat wafers of lead stamped in the image of saints. It was like taking a holiness pill to fight the devils within. As they did that way back when, there may be somewhere they're still doing it today.[/QUOTE]
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