1952 paint will it have lead

LindsayO · 20 Mar 2007

The house was built in 1952. The original owners painted the kitchen, sold the house two years later and the new owners put paper over the paint. and as far as I know that's it. Now I've stripped the paper off.

I'm wondering what to do next. There are some scrapes and patches where the paint has come off, but it definitely isn't flaking off, for the most part its a smooth even surface, but its very old and I'm wondering if I could just paint over it.

Any advice?

joe-90 · 20 Mar 2007

Just paint over it. Paint of that age will often contain lead so don't sand it.

JohnD · 20 Mar 2007

do you mean gloss or emulsion?

LindsayO · 20 Mar 2007

sorry John, I dont know what kind of paint it is, is there a way i can tell?

JohnD · 20 Mar 2007

Gloss paint is glossy. it is the sort of paint you usually put on woodwork. Brushes (usually) need to be washed out in white spirit.

Emulsion paint is (fairly) flat. it is the sort of paint you put on ceilings and walls. Brushes can be washed out in water. It is often applied with a roller.

LindsayO · 20 Mar 2007

Sorry John, I must be dense. The paint looks pretty glossy to me, more like paint for woodwork, no idea how it was put on.

I dont really care what paint I use to cover it with (if that is what you are asking) as long as it looks reasonably smooth (the missing patches dont show through and it sticks to the paint that is there, this is whats worrying me, will it adhere to the paint if I dont sand it?

Thanks for your patience

Zampa · 23 Mar 2007

Paint over it with dulux supergrip or problem solving primer or zinser bullseye..

Nige F · 27 Mar 2007

LindsayO said:
Sorry John, I must be dense. The paint looks pretty glossy to me, more like paint for woodwork, no idea how it was put on.

Thanks for your patience

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LindsayO · 30 Mar 2007

Thanks for the advise, I'm sorry not to have responded sooner

I'm looking into the dulux versus Zinsser primer, both seem to have fans, so cant decide on which to use, but leaning more to Zinsser.

I need to ask what I do about the small patches where the original paint has come off, normally I would sand down the edges, right, but I cant do that with lead paint, so what do I do, there aren't many of them, so wouldn't mind if I had to do some thing fairly painstaking

Also what would people advise to use overtop of the primer in a kitchen, I just want something bland (I mean neutral) to sell the house. Is eggshell the best option for a kitchen?

thanks again any advise much appreciated

Nige F · 30 Mar 2007

Eggshell is a good option

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