DIY Weights

[Arkman]

I could be wrong but lead in paint was used to make it opaque and I thought it was white. That works out well when you don't always want gray paint.  They now use Titanium Oxide and it too is white I think.

UPDATE: Thanks to Wiki. Titanium dioxide is white. Lead Oxide is a soft yellow. Paint used Lead Carbonate, it's white. It's formed from lead(II) acetate and carbon dioxide but I don't know if it would form on our weights. Suffice to say, all of it's probably harmful enough to not rinse it off on your sidewalk or living spaces. Everything oxidizes so what ever runs milky out of the weight has to be an oxide of some form.
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Thanks for the follow up arcflash.  I'm not sure how to dispose of the wash water when I clean the lead.  I could drink it, then it doesn't end up in the river. ;D  Just kidding.  This is another problem, at least for me, that I'd like to solve.  I'm just not sure how yet.

I'm thinking about ways to make my weights so the lead doesn't come in contact with water at all.  I just haven't developed it yet.  Fixing this would also solve the milky white substance issue too.