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Posted by on January 16, 2007, 2:12 pm
> gaikokujinkyofu...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Hi, my family has an old house and we just finished removing old
> > sheetrock that was just horrible looking. I quite like the bead board
> > (the real thing not that sheet of bead board stuff) underneath and am
> > thinking about keeping it exposed (at least on the ceiling) but all of
> > it is covered in lead paint and all the other woodwork (door/window
> > frames etc) as well as the outside (which *really* needs to be
> > stripped/repainted) is all covered in lead paint.Sheetrock = plasterboard -
but what's bead board?
>
Its easier to show pictures:
http://www.beadboard.com/Pages/frameset.html
> > This house is pretty much a "family retreat" now and my uncle is
> > worried about the lead paint and his children and in truth I am not
> > sure if I want to expose my kids to lead paint (not that I think they
> > will be licking the walls or anything).I don't think it's much of a problem
unless it's flaking - here in the UK,
> it was lead paint on toys that caused most of the concern, domestically,
> what with the sprogs chewing on them. Having said that, we don't use lead
> generally these days. Pink lead primer was very common 20 years ago when I
> were a lad. Half the houses here must still have coats of it buried under
> subsequent layers of whatever. If it's stable enough to paint over, I
> personally would just paint over it, with a non leaded paint of course :)
>
>
>
> > So, I want to strip at least most of the paint off and repaint it but
> > wanted to see if anyone had any suggestions i.e. machines, recommended
> > masks, tools, methods, etc about how best to go about this. Someone had
> > suggested sand blasting but while I like to think this house is fairly
> > sturdy (old house) it is still made of mostly pine which strikes me as
> > being a bit soft for something like sandblasting. I have tried
> > chemicals in another project and that just doesn't seem to be
> > realistic for a 4k sq ft house.If it were me, I'd probably go for a hot air
gun and scraper - soften,
> scrape off, sweep up. Boring job, but not insurmountable. Perhaps less
> likely to produce noxious fumes than a blowtorch, and better than sanding
> as you'll not be trying to guard against breathing the dust which will get
> everywhere. I'm not an expert on lead paint BTW - that's just how I'd
> consider doing it - hang around for more replies...
>
> Another option might be chemical stripper. I have a feeling that I read
> somewhere that lead paint goes weird with some chemical strippers, but one
> that might be worth a try is a product, that is, in the UK,
> called "Ronstrip". It's more or less, AFAICT caustic soda, lime powder and
> a few other things, probably plasticisers. Mix with water to a thick paste,
> apply 1/4" or so thick, leave for hours/overnight, peel/wash off. Tends to
> reduce paint to a liquid then soak it up into the lime. Still messy,
> expensive (unless you make your own from the raw components as I did once,
> though it wasn't as easy to handle) and tends to raise the grain on pine.
>
> > Any ideas would really be appreciated!
>
> > Cheers
>
> > -GaikoCheers
>
> Tim
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