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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? |
JeffBowlsby |
Sep 19 2017, 08:17 PM
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914 Wiring Harnesses Group: Members Posts: 8,533 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None |
Lead based paint can be found in homes/buildings if they were painted up into about the late 1970s, figure on about 1980 when the warehoused material was used up.
I have not heard that automotive paints had lead in them, cite your source for that information please. |
MBowman325 |
Sep 19 2017, 08:25 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 |
Lead based paint can be found in homes/buildings if they were painted up into about the late 1970s, figure on about 1980 when the warehoused material was used up. I have not heard that automotive paints had lead in them, cite your source for that information please. So there's the rub. (And DM_2000 pointed this out above too) I've heard it mentioned that auto body paint contained lead in the past. But I don't see anything here in the US pointing it out. I picked up a lead test kit today and swabbed a few panels on or from a 914 that I believe were original paint and they indicate positive when coupled with the test card. One panel was orange so the color was ambiguous on the test swab. The other was green, though I took it from the front trunk, forward of the bulkhead and it was negative on the swab but positive on the test card. I plan to retest to see if I get consistent results on my '75. So it appears that semi-reliable empirical testing shows the presence of lead paint. I do see that false positives and false negatives are possible with this type of test. |
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