掲示板の情報によると、信憑性は全く不明だが以下の様に書かれている。
古典的な手法による鉛白の抽出では酢酸鉛が入るので乾燥が早い。
近代的手法では比較的乾燥は遅い。
Traditionally, lead whites used to contain a certain amount of lead acetate due to the method of manufacture, and this made lead ions more readily available due to its higher solubility product, thus causing more rapid drying. Modern lead white is basic lead carbonate, without acetate.