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Before 1980’s lead in form of oxides or salts was the key ingredient in residential, and especially in industrial grade paints. Since early 80’s, lead paint was banned, and lead replaced with less toxic ingredients.
It is widely recognised that paint with lead content of 0.5% or more should be classified as “lead paint”, and people working with old lead paint need to be adequately protected .
Our laboratory uses standard OSHA ID 121 method to test for lead in paint chips.
To collect the sample, you will need a spatula or knife, and a Ziploc bag. Scrape a few flakes of paint from the surface and place it in the Ziploc bag. Sometimes you can find loose or swollen paint, this makes it good paint sample because paint is naturally separated from the solid surface. If the surface was painted over and over again, try to collect all layers, and place them all in the same bag. The sample does not have to be big, size of fingernail is plenty. Label the bag to identify the paint location, like “Garage door” or “Kitchen, NE corner”.
It is widely recognised that paint with lead content of 0.5% or more should be classified as “lead paint”, and people working with old lead paint need to be adequately protected .
Our laboratory uses standard OSHA ID 121 method to test for lead in paint chips.
To collect the sample, you will need a spatula or knife, and a Ziploc bag. Scrape a few flakes of paint from the surface and place it in the Ziploc bag. Sometimes you can find loose or swollen paint, this makes it good paint sample because paint is naturally separated from the solid surface. If the surface was painted over and over again, try to collect all layers, and place them all in the same bag. The sample does not have to be big, size of fingernail is plenty. Label the bag to identify the paint location, like “Garage door” or “Kitchen, NE corner”.
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