Handling Lead Paint

Lead-based paint is most likely to be found on window frames, doors, skirting boards, kitchen and bathroom cupboards, exterior walls, gutters, metal surfaces and fascias. It can also be found on interior walls, ceilings and areas painted with enamel paint.

If old paint is not handled properly, lead dust and paint chips can remain in the home or on the garden years after the work is completed.

Removing paint by burning, scraping, or sanding creates the most serious danger. Lead dust and paint chips can remain in the home or on the garden years after the work is completed.

For information about lead in existing paintwork and how to manage it see the Australian Government booklet Lead Alert – The Six Step Guide to Painting Your Home. This guide warns about the things not to do, including:

• don't dry sand or dry scrape or use an ordinary power sander
• don't sandblast
• don't work outside on a wet or windy day
• don't use an open flame torch or high temperature heat gun
• don't eat, smoke or drink in the work area or with contaminated hands
• don't allow children, pregnant or nursing women in a house or area where lead-based paint is being disturbed.

Use our Professional Lead Paint Removal Services

Bob De Groot Painting Contractors are the Tasmanian agents for the Peelaway product.
This product is used to safely contain lead paint and remove and correctly dispose of contaminated paint while also preparing the paint surface by stripping all previous layers of paint before new paint is applied.

The Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities has produced the booklet Lead Alert – The Six Step Guide to Painting Your Home, available free by calling 1800 803 772.

Bob De Groot Painting Services adhere to the Australian Standard (AS 4361.2 Guide to Lead Paint Management; Part 2 Residential and Commercial Buildings) which is exclusively dedicated to the safe management and removal of lead paint.