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Any old paint experts out there?

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fixerupper

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I've been grinding the old paint off of this military restoration project I'm working on. Didn't want to get sand in everything so sandblasting is out. Industrial yellow enamel was sprayed over the old military OD sometime after it ended up in civilian hands maybe in the late 60's or early 70's.The origional military paint was sprayed on in 1945 or thereabouts.

Is there any lead in this stuff? I've been wearing a little white breathing mask because of the clouds of dust from the grinding, but today I got to thinking about the composition of the dust. Was lead used in those old enamels or was it just on house paint? Jim
 
Yes, I took a class about how to remove lead base paint, and grinding it is NOT one of the ways. You should have yourself tested for lead poisoning. Greg
 
if the white spot at the base of your finger nails is abnormal color get checked.run an exhaust fan will definetly help
 
Wow, I wish I would have thought about this sooner. I suppose I'd better get out the Zip Strip and put the sanding disks away. Thanks for the information. Jim
 
Soda blasting is the best way to remove old paint without hurting anything. Unlike sand blasting all of the residue can be rinsed off.

Not sure that it would help deal with the lead thing though.
 
I"ve read in "military Vehicles" magazine that
newer military vehicles used in "Desert Storm"
(and possibly Iraq) had special "Chemical resis-
tant" paint for when they were afraid of SADDIM,
using mustard gas, Etc. which made it easier to
decontaminate the vehicles..BUT...that paint is
VERY DANGERIOUS when breathing dust, getting dust
on sweaty skin. Theres lots of precautions needed
when sanding-repainting such vehicles. Some of
these vehicles may be coming up in surplus sales,
so DO YOUR RESEARCH !!!
 
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