On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Stinocher, Bryan D. wrote:
> I have been sanding the paint off of my car (with the 3M scouring pads for
> your drill that are sold in WalMart, etc) the last couple of days, and have
> noticed that I am extremely tired the next morning, that I don't feel good,
> etc (and it ISN'T just having to drag my lazy butt into work!), and I was
> wondering: did they use lead in paint for cars in the 60s? I'm taking all
> the paint off of the car, which obviously includes the original white.
Regardless of whatever's in the paint- I suggest you get a respirator.
You will need one anyway when painting the car. Organic Vapor filter with
dust pre-filters are the way to go.
If you're really paranoid about lead fumes, you can get lead respirator
filters too (I think with the North brand they are purple). I have some
of these that are relics from fishing-weight-casting experiments. They
remove the nasty stuff that is in lead smoke, so any sort of filter like
that with a pre-filter to remove particulate matter will help.
-Malcolm
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