Safety Safety Safety

As construction workers it is very important to be safety conscious. Frisbee Painting Inc has decided as of tomorrow all of our foremen will be OSHA certified. This is becoming the standard on commercial jobs, and we have decided to make it a priority on residential jobs as well.

Lead Paint

I have just finished reading the CDC’s “Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young Children”. It is a very dry read, but full of great information. There are two main things I have taken away from the reading.

1) Although lead exposure can be caused by many different things (lead jewelry, food, and cosmetics) the most common high-dose sources of lead exposure are lead based paints and lead contaminated house dust and soil.

2) Large numbers of children with elevated BLLs live in very close proximity to each other.
This leads me to believe that many of these children are living in housing that was built before 1978 and has been poorly maintained. Though I am not an expert in the matter I am lead to conclude that maintaining a property and routine cleaning will greatly reduce the risk to young children. However, these are only my personal conclusions.

We will have 2 painters certified in lead paint removal within two months.

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Technology

This is an area that I have had to play catch up! If you are having problems with this visit

http://tinyurl.com/cnm8sv

it will be worth your time!!

Lead Paint

Another good link for information about lead paint:

http://www.epa.gov/envirohealth/children/body_burdens/b1-graph.htm

Lead Paint

Here is a great link for information about lead paint:

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5803a3.htm?s_cid=mm5803a3_es

It is a very dry read, but great information with more links if this is something that concerns you.

Choosing a color

So many times this is where it all goes wrong!!

If you are doing a complete remodel, choose your paint color last! Pick all of the other things first (drapes, carpet, furniture).

Always, always, always put up a sample of your paint before you commit to the color. You will be amazed how different it will look when it is on the wall.

If it is the exterior of your house, put up samples in multiple places. Look at it in the morning, day, and evening. The sun or lack of will make the color appear different.

When you have what you want then proceed with the work!!

Lead Paint

Although painting does not take a degree, and is more skill than intelligence, it is still very important to keep up with new information. Slow days, like today, are the perfect time to do this.

Although houses built after 1978 should not contain lead paint we often find ourselves working in older homes so it is important that we understand it.

Here is a great link about lead paint:

http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PUBS/5054.html

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http://frisbeepainting.com