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★ Fluoro-Spec · UV-glow lead detection

Test with a kit.
Not your kid.

Make lead show itself so you can take care of it. Don’t let lead weigh you down.

Drip tests
500+
Spray tests
500+
Verified reviews
180+
Avg rating
4.9 ★
★ Pick your kit

Half. Full. Double.

Half if you want to try one applicator. Full Kit covers the whole house. Double pack if you want to share one, or future-proof.

HALF KIT · PICK ONE
Half Kit
$50/each

One applicator + 365 nm UV flashlight + training card. Enough to audit one area. Pick the one that fits your job:

  • Drip: for items: dishes, mugs, jewelry, toys, screws
  • Spray: for surfaces: paint, tile, sills, trim, walls
  • 365 nm UV flashlight + non-toxic training card included
Get Drip · $50 → Get Spray · $50 →
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FULL KIT
Full Fluoro-Spec Kit
$75was $100
SAVE $25

Both applicators in one box. Spray for surfaces: paint, tile, sills, trim. Drip for items: dishes, mugs, jewelry, toys. One kit covers the whole house.

  • Spray bottle: 170 sprays (up to 500 with the extender ring)
  • Drip bottle: up to 3,600 individual tests
  • 365 nm UV flashlight + non-toxic training card
  • Whole-house audit on a single kit
Get the Full Kit · $75 →
★ BEST VALUE
DOUBLE PACK
Double Kit
$99was $150
SAVE $51

Two Full Kits. One for you, one for grandma, your sister, a new-parent friend, the babysitter's house. Lead doesn't stop at your front door. Neither should the kit.

  • 2× spray bottles + 2× drip bottles
  • 2× UV flashlights, 2× training cards
  • Cover two homes
  • Cheapest per-test on the page (~$0.04/test)
Get the Double · $99 →
★ $200+ Value · Free for life
★ Included free with every kit

You get the whole toolkit.
Not just a test kit.

Testing is step one. What comes with it is the rest of the map: a book, a database, a community, and a direct line to the person who built it.

The Lead Framework Book
+$47
A book-length field manual. Paint, dust, pipes, dishes, soil: what to test, what the numbers mean, how to fix it.
Spray Extender Ring
170 → 500 sprays
Costs me 50¢ to make. Gives you an extra 330 sprays. Because why not: detecting lead is good, and you deserve the best possible tool to do it.
Updated weekly
★ Community Baby-Food Lead Database
The single most comprehensive source in the world for lead levels in baby food.
Every brand. Every lot we can get. New lab results every week. Your kit purchase gets you full access, and if you want, you can submit lots from your own shelf to add to the audit.
+$120/yr value · yours for life
Direct support from Eric
+priceless
  • ✓ Free soil test by Eric. Send a labeled bag (4×4 inch area, half inch deep) to: 9 Technology Drive, East Setauket NY 11733. I run it and send back the numbers.
  • ✓ XRF scans of every store I've walked into. Every item, every aisle: searchable database, kit-owner only.
  • ✓ Voting rights on the food audit. Kit owners vote on which foods we send to the lab, building the real-world case for home food testing.
  • ✓ Email me directly. Real answers from the person who built the kit. No CS script.
All of it: free for life, with any Fluoro-Spec kit purchase.
$200+ value

Finding lead is the first step.

We've got the rest covered: kit, manual, food audit, direct support, to help you get through the whole house.

Don't let lead weigh you down.
§ 03 · LEAD SAFETY SCORE

Not sure which kit to get? Take the 2-minute quiz.

12 quick questions. Your answers map to a real µg/day exposure estimate, compared to the FDA reference dose for your household. We tell you your Lead Safety Score and the kit that fits.

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★ Start here · free for anyone
The Lead Framework, 98-page field manual.
Paint, dust, pipes, dishes, soil. How to find it, how to clean it, how to stay ahead of it. No email required. Free PDF, free of charge.
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Pair it with a kit
Half · Drip or Spray
$50
  • ✓ One applicator of your choice
  • ✓ 365 nm UV flashlight
  • ✓ Non-toxic training card
★ Most Popular
Full Kit
$75 $100
Save $25
  • ✓ Drip + Spray bottle
  • ✓ 365 nm UV flashlight
  • ✓ Whole-house audit on one kit
Get Full Kit · $75 →
Double Pack
$99 $150
Save $51
  • ✓ Two Full Kits
  • ✓ Share one, family or friend
  • ✓ Lowest per-test price
Get Double · $99 →
★ Included free with every kit

The Lead Framework: 98-page field manual (PDF). And the 2¢ Spray Extender Ring: takes spray bottles from 170 to 500 sprays, available with the half-spray kit too.

Finding lead is the first step.

We've got the rest covered. Fluoro-Spec kits, the Lead Framework manual, and direct support from Eric, to help you get through the whole house.

Don't let lead weigh you down.
§ 04 · WHY THIS MATTERS

Andrea's heart sank. Don't let it be your story.

Bright-pink lead-positive swab on chipped paint underlayer · Andrea's back porch cabinet
★★★★★ · Verified Purchase · Andrea · Aug 2019 · Amazon

My heart sank.

Let me just start off by saying this product is a life saver. My 3 year old had to have his lead/hgb test for preschool. Well, his came back high! Me being the over reacting parent I got online and ordered this product, before his retesting, and I'm so glad I did.

I tested every wall/window seal in our house. All came back negative so, at first I thought maybe I was doing it wrong, bc something has to be causing it in our home bc he never stays anywhere else. Well shortly after going over all the surfaces in my house I hit me, I didn't check the back porch. Low and behold I swabbed an old cabinet that was chipping and IMMEDIATELY it turned bright pink. MY HEART SANK.

But I was so relieved to have found the cause of the potentially dangerous outcome if I hadn't. Anyways, out of all the other kits this one was buy far the absolute best value, you can test many surfaces and get immediate results, and super easy to use. I'm beyond thankful I found this kit and we'll be buying it again to retest everything after we get the porch taken care of.

Then this happens to other parents.

Real customers, real homes, real lead. Pulled from Judge.me + Amazon (verified purchases).

★★★★★

Must have for anxious moms!

I bought this after being extremely nervous following my child's lead exposure test… It helped us identify that the lead paint was only in one specific area (our closet). The swabs showed false positives; this is far more reliable. Now we can safely take care of that area and protect our family.

emily · Jan 2026 · ✓ verified · amazon
★★★★★

It works.

So happy I ordered this and found out my kiddo's toy/book shelf was positive for lead. I never would have known.

Sara · Apr 2026 · ✓ verified · amazon
★★★★★

Game changer.

I had suspected there was lead in my house, but thanks to this kit I know exactly where (plot twist, it wasn't where I thought!) Now with two little ones I have more peace of mind that I'm doing everything within my control to keep them safe.

angelina dreem · Feb 2026 · ✓ verified · judge.me
★★★★★

Best Lead Testing Kit.

This kit is easy to use and very helpful. I already had to throw away 2 coffee cups that were used regularly. I'm slowly going through our house and I know I feel safer using this.

Caylee F · Mar 2026 · ✓ verified · judge.me
★★★★★

Excellent. If you have kids you need this.

I live in a 75 year old house and have used various lead test kits over many years since the time we were expecting our first kid. This method blows all the others out of the water. Totally different way of testing, lab-grade results in seconds.

Andrew · Jun 2025 · ✓ verified · amazon
★★★★★

Easy and such a relief!

I tested it on an actual bullet so I would know what the green glow would look like and then tested all my heirloom china and our normal dinnerware. It's SO easy and is worth the comfort of knowing for sure I'm protecting my family.

Kristen Caddy · Mar 2026 · ✓ verified · judge.me
§ 05 · HOW IT WORKS

Three seconds. Three steps.
One honest answer.

  1. step 01

    Spray or drip.

    Drip for a single screw, mug, or dish. Spray for walls, dust, and floors. Dry surfaces only. Water washes the signal away.

  2. step 02

    Shine the UV.

    The reagent binds to lead and forms fluorescent microcrystals on contact. Unlike color-change swabs, the signal can't be faked by rust, soap, or pigment.

  3. step 03

    Read the glow.

    Glow = positive. No glow = clean. Read it with your own eyes, the same chemistry labs use, just in a bottle.

§ 06 · WHERE IT HIDES

Six places it's already hiding.

You don't have to check everywhere. You have to check the right six things.

01 HOME AGE

Paint & Plumbing

Pre-1978 paint. Pre-1986 plumbing. The two magic numbers.

33M US homes still have lead-based paint
 02 LOCATION

Soil Contamination

Near highways, smelters, old gas stations? Your soil remembers.

400 ppm play-area limit
 03 WHAT YOU BRING IN

Products & Items

Vintage ceramics, brass keys, imported toys, painted dishware.

∞ items, one drip bottle
 04 YOUR WORK

Occupational Exposure

Construction, auto repair, battery recycling, painting, plumbing.

9× avg. vs. office workers
 05 YOUR HOBBIES

Take-Home Lead

Shooting, fishing sinkers, soldering, stained glass, vintage restoration.

1 pair of work boots
 06 YOUR DIET

Dietary Exposure

Spices, baby food, imported goods, supplements. Dose matters more than concentration.

2.2 µg child daily FDA IRL
§ 07 · WHY NOT A COLOR TEST

How Fluoro-Spec compares.

Drugstore swab Pro XRF Fluoro-Spec
Result type Color change Numeric Visible glow
False positives Rust, soap, pigment None None
Reads dust No Limited Yes
Tests per dollar ~10 / $30 1 / $300+ ~600 / $75
Lab required No Yes (or rental) No
Time to result 30 sec Days Instant
§ 08 · THE SCIENCE

Built on peer-reviewed research.

The Fluoro-Spec method was published in Analytica Chimica Acta (2024). Eric Ritter is a co-author. The original study used the same chemistry now in our bottles to detect lead-based paint dust at 40 µm, the threshold of naked-eye visibility.

We also built a calculator at bloodleadcalculator.com to help you understand the truth about lead in food. Dose matters more than concentration. Most online lead-in-food panic doesn't show you the math. We do.

  • § R-1Van Geen et al. 2024Lead-paint detection by perovskite fluorescence (Eric is co-author).
  • § R-2Helmbrecht et al. 2023Original MABr fluorescence assay for lead.
  • § R-3FDA Total Diet StudySource data for the dietary calculator.
  • § R-4EPA TSCA LVE L-25-0206Fluoro-Spec MABr formulation cleared for commercial use.
  • § R-5FDA IRL (Children = 2.2 µg/day)The blood-lead-correct exposure anchor we use.

    • § 09 · WHY I BUILT THIS

    "Luckily, it couldn't be monopolized."

    Before I ever spoke with them, I understood how it worked. Their approach combined a 3-year-old solution they had developed themselves with a Chinese research paper published 4 months before they tried to patent their method.

    The science wasn't mysterious. It was obvious. Tiny amounts of lead could be found just by dripping the liquid onto a surface.

    Luckily, it couldn't be monopolized.

    Eric Ritter · Fluoro-Spec Inc. · East Setauket, NY

    § 10 · FAQ

    Common questions.

    What does Fluoro-Spec actually detect?
    Bio-available lead on any dry surface: paint, pipes, brass, solder, ceramic glaze, dust, paint cracks, and soil. Under 365 nm UV, bound lead grows fluorescent microcrystals. Glow = positive. No glow = clean.
    How is this different from drugstore swab tests?
    Color-change tests (rhodizonate, sodium sulfide) can false-positive on rust, soap, and pigments. Fluoro-Spec's signal is a physical crystal structure that only lead produces. It's the same chemistry labs use. We put it in a bottle.
    What's the difference between Spray and Drip?
    Drip is for a single item: a mug, a screw, a piece of jewelry. Spray is for a surface: a wall, a floor, an area where lead dust might be. The Full Kit has both.
    Is the chemical safe?
    Yes. The reagent (methylammonium bromide in isopropyl alcohol) is non-toxic at testing dilution and EPA TSCA LVE L-25-0206 cleared. Don't drink it. Ventilate when spraying. Same common sense as any cleaner.
    I rent. Still worth it?
    Absolutely. Run the kit before you sign a lease, and any time you suspect chipped paint, plumbing trouble, or imported items. Knowing where the lead is doesn't require landlord approval.

    Most homes built before 1978 have lead.
    The kit takes 30 seconds.

    Spray the wall. Shine the UV. Read the glow. That's the whole thing. We make it cost less than dinner.

    Get the Full Kit · $75

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