I have a friend who does lead remediation and lead inspection, and is certified to do those things. Some time ago, in discussion with him, he stated the best way to contain lead paint, if it is still bonded to the underlying surface was to simply paint over it with latex paint, which seals the lead paint from human contact. His comments were that all removal methods left uncontained particles that were the right size to be ingested by humans, after the removal, and it was impossible to %100 contain those particles and dispose of them safely. I found that approach interesting, but likely practical, considering he had a PhD in the subject.
On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 7:29 AM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > My first thought: > Curt doesn't have children, and if he did, Angie wouldn't let them eat > dirt. > > My second thought: > How much lead is in a small house's worth of paint chips, and what, if > any, effect would it have on the groundwater? > My off the cuff assumption is less effect than running potable alkaline > water through lead or lead soldered plumbing. > (Flint showed us that acidic water and lead pipes don't mix) > > Mitch. > > On 2021-06-07 22:42, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: > > You might want to reconsider taking the paint off with the pressure > > washer. Is it lead paint? I was involved in a case where the painters > > had to re-landscape a whole yard because they stripped off old paint > > with a pressure washer and contaminated the whole area with lead. > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
