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DIY & Home Improvement

hedgehog

(36,286 posts) Thu Mar 22, 2012, 03:27 PM Mar 2012

I want to repaint it but will have to do some sanding first. Were lead based paints used on furniture back then?

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I have an old painted chiffarobe - c1930? c1950? [View all] hedgehog Mar 2012 OP

Possibly. You can buy a lead test kit at a hardware store. Warpy Mar 2012 #1

I think it's pine and there is a pink undercoat hedgehog Mar 2012 #2

Sounds horrible, what were they thinking? Warpy Mar 2012 #4

Lead based paint was banned in 1978. jeff47 Mar 2012 #3