Remember me saying that we were working Franks? Well, I just went to an Interior Design continuing education class this morning that discussed sustainability and the environment. She started talking about Lead poisoning and its harmfulness.
I started thinking about the cute little rocking chair that used to be Matt's when he was a baby in the late 70's. Matt has spent probably close to 10-15 hours removing paint from it so we can re-sand it and put it in Roman's room. I started panicking! Anything from 1978 and earlier could have a very high chance of containing lead paint! I've been on the phone with the Environmental Protection Agency getting more details. Long story short is that we have to chip off a portion of the remaining paint and send it to a lab to be tested for Lead.
I am normally not this much of a freak, but if it does contain lead, I have not only exposed my husband and toddler, but my growing fetus! Apparently the sawdust from sanding the paint that is currently all over our garage could be extremely dangerous! If this test comes back positive, we will have to rent a Hepa vacuum cleaner for the entire home because we probably tracked in the dust into our carpet. Disaster!
I'm writing this for the few people that do read my blog to be aware! It's always to fun to re-use old furniture or buy an older home, but it can also be extremely dangerous. Let's just pray our test comes back negative.
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