[quote=FlyerInHi]I’m pretty health conscious. The other day I was stripping layers of paint off of a circuit breaker cover. Thick layers of paint that I think is toxic. Imagine an old house with layers upon layers of paint outgassing toxins.[/quote]
Old paint, and for most cases, paint past 1 year, does not outgass. In fact, the out-gassing of most paints ends when it is dry (except urethanes – which take weeks to cure ). However, if the paint is pre 1978, you may have a lead issue. That means any skin contact as well as dust inhalation..
An interesting side effect of California Low VOC requirements, is that I found that the Low VOC Urethanes California mandates take longer to cure than higher VOC Urethanes, and they don’t seem to be as stable.
NOTE: One problem of too many warnings that are largely irrelevant, is that it increases the noise ‘floor’ to the warnings such that when it is an important and critical warning, it gets lost in all of the noise – and ignored.
