Re: Lead Paint and Old Tractors

Posted by Mongo on March 15, 2000 at 11:07:49 from (205.152.158.253):

In Reply to: Lead Paint and Old Tractors posted by Mike on March 14, 2000 at 14:08:29:

Lead was used in alot of paints in this time frame. It was simply used to make the paint opaque, and it was cheap. They now use titanium dioxide as an equivalent pigment now. The problem with kids getting into the paint chips comes from repeated exposure to the chips. The kids normally will do this becuase the lead tastes sweet. Lead oxide in a powder form was used as a rodenticide until outlawed years ago.
For removing the paint, it would be best to not liberate it in dust or fumes, as in sanding, blasting or heat stripping. Chemical striping is a good way to remove the old paint without liberating airborne lead. An alternative would be to have it removed by a commercial vendor. Always work in a vented area and take the proper precautions as recommended by whatever means you use. A goodly portion of the chemical strippers have methylene chloride as an ingredient which after adsorbtion the body metabolizes to carbon monoxide, for an example. This is just a little of the insight you would need to consider before starting this project. f you want to know for sure if it is lead containing, you can get a test kit as mentioned further down in the resonses and see if it does. Your local hardware store or health dept can usually order these in for you.
I am not guessing at this, you see I am a Certified Specialist in Poison Information and this is what I do for a living. Good luck to you.

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