Removing Lead Paint From Siding

Removing paint with heat.

Removing lead paint from siding.

You can also use heat to remove exterior house paint. That gets the lead out of the house. This process involves covering the lead paint with a specially formulated liquid compound such as dumond lead stop which can be painted over with acrylic or latex paint. In some places you have to remove lead paint before re siding.

Encapsulation is another way to deal with lead paint. Or if the cost is high replace the old wood with brand new wood whether it s siding trim window sashes or entire windows. Roofing or siding nails. Grinder paint removal for instance grinding using power sanding disks or clapboard sanders is very efficient on siding that s in good shape but it generates lead laden dust.

You can remove painted trim and window sashes and send them out to a professional paint stripper. Assuming you can encapsulate it you have a few options. If you re just worried about looks the simplest and least expensive solution is to fasten 1 4 furring strips vertically over the existing siding and into the studs and attach the new siding to those with 1 1 4 in.