Now there is another thought to make one go hmmmmm....

FYI,Organic Lead (TEL ie Tetra Eythl Lead) for paint had quadupled in cost, once the 5 sisters decided to take it out of gasoline (they foumd a cheaper alternative). Texaco developed a maganese anti-knock compound which was first used as a subsitute in the 70's. Refiners now use Cumene to boost Octane numbers.

Organic lead is still used in AV-GAS, there no way in hell those Radial plane engines will run on less. Of course the use cumene to bump the Octane to 120+ then add the lead.

Titanium Dioxide ( TiO2) was found to be a good substitute for wood paints. Metal primer for bridge steel, storage tanks, steel towers etc are still painted with lead paint. Nothing protects steel like a good coat of lead paint.

FYI,Organic Lead (TEL ie Tetra Eythl Lead) for paint had quadupled in cost, once the 5 sisters decided to take it out of gasoline (they foumd a cheaper alternative). Texaco developed a maganese anti-knock compound which was first used as a subsitute in the 70's. Refiners now use Cumene to boost Octane numbers.

Organic lead is still used in AV-GAS, there no way in hell those Radial plane engines will run on less. Of course the use cumene to bump the Octane to 120+ then add the lead.

Titanium Dioxide ( TiO2) was found to be a good substitute for wood paints. Metal primer for bridge steel, storage tanks, steel towers etc are still painted with lead paint. Nothing protects steel like a good coat of lead paint.

So, my man is the tech genius of geniuses. We've lived in lovely old domiciles for years now, super wonderful architecture and attention to detail... complete with loads of layers of lead paint before the latex was added some ten/twenty years ago. Now - I'm not hatin' on lead paint, you'll find loads of older painters that b*tch that the quality of artists paint has gone down since they took it out of our tubes but...

we can't get signal from our wireless router in some parts of our houses no matter WHAT we do. We finally figured out it was the lead paint. Then - we felt stupid because it should've been so easy to figure out.