Lead Paint, Body work at home? |
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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? |
burton73 |
Sep 19 2017, 09:39 PM
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burton73 Group: Members Posts: 3,549 Joined: 2-January 07 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 7,414 Region Association: Southern California |
When I striped my 6 - #41 I used a water based paint remover and put clear thin pallet wrap so it would not dry out. This worked well to soften the paint and then just scraped it away. I have been working with paints and plastic for 45 years and I have my blood checked for heavy metal every 2 years. I am fine. I use caution in the way of dust masks with charcoal filters and the right respirators for fumes. The new paints are very dangerous as far as your health goes and in some ways you need a SCUBA set up or a breathing clean air set up. The fumes can enter your body via your eyes as well. Always use disposable gloves.
Blasting can have its own set of problems. Keep the dust out of your lungs. Bob B (IMG:style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif) |
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