41. Remove old paint with chemical remover. 42. Scraping old paint and sanding are the two most important parts of preparation. 43. Sanding will allow new paint to stick better, the liquid sandpaper softens the old paint enough so paint will stick to it. 44. Scrape and sand heavily to remove as much old paint as possible, reduce gloss, and roughen the finish. 45. Seattle collected old paint from its residents, mixed it together and cheerfully dubbed the drab result Seattle Gray, and used it for municipal buildings. 46. Since lead has been removed from gasoline and food cans, children are most likely to encounter it now in old paint and in dust contaminated with such paint. 47. She also had to hire a subcontractor to remove the old paint because it contained lead. 48. Smith also said that Hebborn was at the time doing his fakes with common waterproof Pelikan ink and did not find the old paint box until later. 49. So far the structures have been stripped of their old paint and cataloged. 50. Solid color stains can be applied over old paint and bare wood, if the old paint is sanded thoroughly to roughen the finish and reduce gloss. |