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Hey all,
I'm in the process of stripping thick paint off all the wood in my flat, so thats the architrave, skirting and picture rail. I'm assuming that under all the layers there is some lead paint there as the flat is 1930's and has just been painted over and over again.
I've been using a respirator mask and goggles when doing this work as the fumes can get bad (I can still smell the burning paint through the mask). I am using a henry hoover with hepa bag to clean the dust and wrapping shavings in newspaper. Though after all the hovering is done I am still concerned about lead paint dust in the air I breath.
I was thinking of buying a HEPA air purifier which is designed to filter out all air born particles so dust etc. Just wondering what your opinions are on air filters for this sort of thing? I've got a really nasty cough right now so hoping that's just down to me coming off a cold and not getting poisoned by lead dust :-\
I'm in the process of stripping thick paint off all the wood in my flat, so thats the architrave, skirting and picture rail. I'm assuming that under all the layers there is some lead paint there as the flat is 1930's and has just been painted over and over again.
I've been using a respirator mask and goggles when doing this work as the fumes can get bad (I can still smell the burning paint through the mask). I am using a henry hoover with hepa bag to clean the dust and wrapping shavings in newspaper. Though after all the hovering is done I am still concerned about lead paint dust in the air I breath.
I was thinking of buying a HEPA air purifier which is designed to filter out all air born particles so dust etc. Just wondering what your opinions are on air filters for this sort of thing? I've got a really nasty cough right now so hoping that's just down to me coming off a cold and not getting poisoned by lead dust :-\