The scrape begins...

Last year we "tested the scrape" of the paint currently on the house. It was a dirty, dusty, and fearfully lead-based ordeal....so we QUIT. After much research and testing we have decided on this product to help us with the removal of the paint. I say "help" because we have discovered that scraping is a dirty job any way you do it.

We're starting on the weather-beaten south side of the house. The process is as follows: rise early when the temperature is right and the sun is in the east to "slop the stuff on", then wait the adequate "dwell time" and then hurry to scrape it off before the early afternoon sun begins to bake it on. Here are some photos of the first paint removal efforts. The first photo shows our "test scrape" from last year to the left of the window and the Strip-Tox scrape of this year to the right of the window. The stuff works. But now it's a dirty, slimy, "lead-neutralized" ordeal.