Mission decorating the front room is slowly in motion. So the window sills have obviously been just painted over and painted over time and time again. The last paint job was so dodgy, even if I wiped them with a damp cloth little bits would peel off.
So while I had an hour before school pick up, I thought I'd start on one side and have a go with the mouse sander.
Obviously not the best idea, but I didn't wear a mask, just kept hoovering up the dust.
Anyway, even though it got quite smooth, I could still chip bits away so I had a go with the sharp stripping knife. Now in places it's down to the wood. So I'll obviously have to do the whole lot with paint stripper.
So then I was googling to find out about heat guns vs nitromors type stuff and saw all this info about lead paint, and how you must never breath in the dust of lead paint, etc, you must never hoover the dust as you then spread the lead dust all over the house, you must wear overalls and strip off asap...
Our house is 1930s...is this old enough to be worried about this.
And if so, what on earth do I do now?
I'm now wondering if I have a headache because I've poisoned myself or because it's so muggy out there!
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oh lordie - scared I've poisoned myself sanding the window sills...
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bobkate · 20/06/2013 21:04
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