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Posted by JoeSpareBedroom on October 15, 2006, 6:15 pm
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> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>>> Hi. I've recently moved into an older house and I want to repaint some
>>> rooms. I also need to strip some paint. Is there a test to determine if
>>> the old paint contains lead? Also, if I find there is lead in the old
>>> paint, what should I do? Thanks.
>>>
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>> Why do you need to strip some paint? Is it already peeling? When I worked
>> on my old house, the standard advice was that if the paint was intact,
>> simply paint over it. In other words, why open a pandora's box if you
>> don't have to?
> Little kids like to hang on the window woodwork. When they get big enough
> the are able to chew on that woodwork. Lead paint tastes sweet, so they
> continue.
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> Painting over it is OK if it is done properly. It's called
> "encapsulating".
If kids are doing that, the parents are the lowest kind of trash. The kids
should be moved to homes where they are wanted, not ignored. Or, the
babysitter should be doused with gasoline and incinerated, outdoors, of
course.
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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on October 15, 2006, 7:21 pm
> Or, the babysitter should be doused with gasoline and incinerated,
> outdoors, of course.
Why outdoors? If done indoors, it solves both the babysitter problem and
future lead paint problems.
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Posted by David Nebenzahl on October 15, 2006, 7:22 pm
JoeSpareBedroom spake thus:
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>>JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>Hi. I've recently moved into an older house and I want to repaint some
>>>>rooms. I also need to strip some paint. Is there a test to determine if
>>>>the old paint contains lead? Also, if I find there is lead in the old
>>>>paint, what should I do? Thanks.
>>>
>>>Why do you need to strip some paint? Is it already peeling? When I worked
>>>on my old house, the standard advice was that if the paint was intact,
>>>simply paint over it. In other words, why open a pandora's box if you
>>>don't have to?
>>
>>Little kids like to hang on the window woodwork. When they get big enough
>>the are able to chew on that woodwork. Lead paint tastes sweet, so they
>>continue.
>>
>>Painting over it is OK if it is done properly. It's called
>>"encapsulating".
>
> If kids are doing that, the parents are the lowest kind of trash. The kids
> should be moved to homes where they are wanted, not ignored. Or, the
> babysitter should be doused with gasoline and incinerated, outdoors, of
> course.
That's a bit harsh, dontcha think? Kids of all colors and socioeconomic
levels do weird, crazy, stupid things. For some colorful examples, I
refer you to David Sedaris' book, /Naked/. (Among other things, he liked
to lick car windshields and dashboards.)
--
"In 1964 Barry Goldwater declared: 'Elect me president, and I
will bomb the cities of Vietnam, defoliate the jungles, herd the
population into concentration camps and turn the country into a
wasteland.' But Lyndon Johnson said: 'No! No! No! Don't you dare do
that. Let ME do it.'"
- Characterization (paraphrased) of the 1964 Goldwater/Johnson
presidential race by Professor Irwin Corey, "The World's Foremost
Authority."
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Posted by JoeSpareBedroom on October 15, 2006, 7:26 pm
> JoeSpareBedroom spake thus:
>> If kids are doing that, the parents are the lowest kind of trash. The
>> kids should be moved to homes where they are wanted, not ignored. Or, the
>> babysitter should be doused with gasoline and incinerated, outdoors, of
>> course.
>
> That's a bit harsh, dontcha think?
Not at all. I wasn't all over my son like a "minder" escorting a journalist
through a Soviet bloc country. But, there was no way he'd be gnawing on
paint. That's simply bullshit.
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Posted by David Nebenzahl on October 15, 2006, 7:47 pm
JoeSpareBedroom spake thus:
>
>>JoeSpareBedroom spake thus:
>
>>>If kids are doing that, the parents are the lowest kind of trash. The
>>>kids should be moved to homes where they are wanted, not ignored. Or, the
>>>babysitter should be doused with gasoline and incinerated, outdoors, of
>>>course.
>>
>>That's a bit harsh, dontcha think?
>
> Not at all. I wasn't all over my son like a "minder" escorting a journalist
> through a Soviet bloc country. But, there was no way he'd be gnawing on
> paint. That's simply bullshit.
Well, goody for you and your son. But I'm curious why you think that
such behavior is indicative of anything other than the kid's own urges
and idiosyncracies. Do you really think that poor or "unwanted" kids are
more likely to gnaw upon windowsills?
--
"In 1964 Barry Goldwater declared: 'Elect me president, and I
will bomb the cities of Vietnam, defoliate the jungles, herd the
population into concentration camps and turn the country into a
wasteland.' But Lyndon Johnson said: 'No! No! No! Don't you dare do
that. Let ME do it.'"
- Characterization (paraphrased) of the 1964 Goldwater/Johnson
presidential race by Professor Irwin Corey, "The World's Foremost
Authority."
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