Folks,
I want to strip the paint off the staircase skirting. Having stripped other parts I know to expect some green and yellow paint. I've used Klingstrip for my doorframes and although it's really good, I found washing it off a tricky affair... I bought some Nitromors Superstrip that has to be left on overnight and the only advice on these type strippers I could find about lead paint is that one should not sand it. So am I safe enough stripping this with any old chemical paint stripper as long as I don't create any sort of inhalable dust?
And while I'm at it - the light blue and pink type wall paint in 1940's ex council houses - are they likey to contain lead? I must admit to my shame I hadn't thought about this before, and only just now am I thinking when the house was rewired and all the walls were chased, if there was lead in the paint I should probably throw out the carpets upstairs!!!
I want to strip the paint off the staircase skirting. Having stripped other parts I know to expect some green and yellow paint. I've used Klingstrip for my doorframes and although it's really good, I found washing it off a tricky affair... I bought some Nitromors Superstrip that has to be left on overnight and the only advice on these type strippers I could find about lead paint is that one should not sand it. So am I safe enough stripping this with any old chemical paint stripper as long as I don't create any sort of inhalable dust?
And while I'm at it - the light blue and pink type wall paint in 1940's ex council houses - are they likey to contain lead? I must admit to my shame I hadn't thought about this before, and only just now am I thinking when the house was rewired and all the walls were chased, if there was lead in the paint I should probably throw out the carpets upstairs!!!