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Wood spokes QUESTION

Post by lorenzo26 » Wed May 13, 2020 1:36 pm

I Have a wood wheel with the spokes painted black , i like to scrape the paint off, could the paint have lead in it ?
or was it only painted with enamel [looks original the wheel] but hen again its old ..
thank you lorenzo


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Re: Wood spokes QUESTION

Post by Jerry VanOoteghem » Wed May 13, 2020 4:29 pm

Unless it's been painted with house paint I wouldn't imagine it has lead in it. If you're worried about it then use paint stripper. That way it won't make dust, but then scraping shouldn't produce much fine dust anyway. You could also wear a respirator, which is now high fashion anyway!

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Re: Wood spokes QUESTION

Post by Oldav8tor » Wed May 13, 2020 8:47 pm

Just don't eat the old paint flakes.
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Re: Wood spokes QUESTION

Post by lorenzo26 » Thu May 14, 2020 11:22 am

Can the dust be harmful??


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Re: Wood spokes QUESTION

Post by Jerry VanOoteghem » Thu May 14, 2020 2:27 pm

lorenzo26 wrote:
Thu May 14, 2020 11:22 am
Can the dust be harmful??
It's never a good idea to breathe any dust, with or without lead. If you're concerned with lead, it's the lead element that is inhaled along with any dust that you would be most concerned with. Beside inhalation, and assuming you don't eat any paint chips containing lead, (unlikely?), you have little to fear from lead. All that being said, I'm doubting you'll have any lead to contend with.


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Re: Wood spokes QUESTION

Post by Herb Iffrig » Thu May 14, 2020 4:14 pm

I think they make testing kits for lead paint. They probably at Home Depot.


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Re: Wood spokes QUESTION

Post by lorenzo26 » Thu May 14, 2020 7:26 pm

Thank You All for The input--Lorenzo

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