Proper maintenance entails repainting before chipping or peeling occurs. Many children are poisoned during insecure renovations or repainting jobs in pre-1978 housing. Therefore, homeowners are encouraged to carefully stabilize any deteriorated paint in a lead-safe manner. Then simply repaint with new paint planned for household use. The principles of lead safety during remodeling also include restricting access to the work area by not allowing children or pets to enter, laying thick plastic sheeting on the floor to collect dust, use of a HEPA-filtered vacuum, wet washing surfaces to clean thoroughly at the conclusion of each day and the end of the job, and individual attention to cleaning with repeat washing with detergent and vacuuming to pick up all remaining dust. In preparing the surface for painting, be aware that dry sanding or dry scraping may generate undesirable lead dust, so spray a mist of water onto the surface to be prepped. These “wet sanding” and “wet scraping” methods create much less dust than its dry counterparts and is required by law.
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