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| | | | Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 43 Member | | Member Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 43 | Is there lead in any of the paint used on trucks or cars from 1947 to when it was banned?
I'm stripping my 48 and wondering how toxic it is.
TIA | | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 29 Member | | Member Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 29 | I don't know if there is lead or not, but you can get a cheap testing kit if you want to find out. I work in a paint shop, and we don't worry too much about lead. It generally isn't too dangerous to adults, but we wear respirators just in case. There is lead in the seams, filled in the factory, if you are worried about that.
'48 Chevy 2 ton Flatbed
(daily driver)
'70 BMW 2002
My truck is older than my parents!
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 46 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 46 | im not sure if the cars and trucks do but I know that a lot of the heavy machinery did.
DUSTY G.
you can do anything you want as long as you have an O [censored] man in case you mess up
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 985 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 985 | tttt8 I don't know how you are stripping your truck but I would think to be on the safe side figure you've got lead and then proceed from there. Some times the chemicals that are used to strip paint are more toxic then the paint itself.
good luck
Brian Moore
1949 3100 5 window Deluxe
"Today is better than yesterday, but not as good as tomorrow"
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