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Lead Paint, Body work at home? |
MBowman325 |
Sep 19 2017, 03:17 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 465 Joined: 14-July 05 From: Oklahoma City, OK Member No.: 4,413 Region Association: Southwest Region |
So I think I may have time to start working on cars again. At the very least I have some extra panels I was gonna use to play with sanding / welding and put the younger Michael to work hand sanding based off how many "F"s he managed to earn. In related news I also have a new little one (four weeks old Thursday).
So, while planning on work on a 1964 C10 I realized that the paint was probably lead based. Then I realized I had no idea when lead paint quit being used. A test kit looks to have confirmed that my wife's '70 and a panel from a '73 are positive for lead. So... Are there any mitigation strategies for stripping lead based paint at home? (I'll leave the actual disposal of dust / whatever to another topic at some other point). Do body shops do anything special when working with older vehicles? |
MBowman325 |
Sep 19 2017, 08:19 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 465 Joined: 14-July 05 From: Oklahoma City, OK Member No.: 4,413 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I'd read that Australian link and it's interesting though honestly setting that up in my garage would be a slight stretch. Setting it up in a dedicated workshop perhaps not so much.
I couldn't find anything definitive on lead levels in auto paint other than lead paint was banned for homes in 1978 here in the US, so likely most autos by 1980 were lead free for paint. (Filler was another matter) That said, I saw a lot of references where industrial paint and paint not intended for residential or auto use may have had lead until very recently. Couple with the fact that paint from overseas products (India was singled out and I think China was implied in several) may still have lead, imported products may be a source of lead in the home or workshop. There's a lot of ambiguous and missing information out there it seems. I don't think I've ever heard anyone seriously discuss this in all the auto forums I've been on and most cover model years from at least the 60s or 70s. |
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