Is lead in paint nowadays highly unlikely?

shaun_from_Africa

Ganga wrote: »

I wish they would put it back into paint,white gloss stayed white for ages,not now.and before everybody comes on saying it was removed for a reason,i know about lead poisoning.

White paint that now turns yellow is nothing to do with lack of lead.
There was an EU edict that came about in 2010 and this resulted in a reduction in the amount of VOC's (Volatile Organic Compounds, or solvents) in these paints and to ensure that the paint still dried without this solvent, extra oil was added.
It's this extra oil that is the reason for it discolouring over time.

onomatopoeia99

John_Gray wrote: »

(While you're at it, why not ask for lead to be put back into petrol...)

One can still buy four star in the UK, with lead in it. Long drive for me to the nearest stockist though, so I buy tetra-ethyl lead and mix my own.

donnajunkie

hans_2 wrote: »

Red lead paint is available to buy from most ship chandlers.

Expensive though.

If it’s the same stuff, a red paint used to coat steel fabricated things then I am fairly sure even though it is still referred to as red lead that it does not contain it anymore. On the tin it says red oxide.

hans_2

donnajunkie wrote: »

If it’s the same stuff, It's not

a red paint used to coat steel fabricated things Yes

then I am fairly sure even though it is still referred to as red lead that it does not contain it
anymore. It does

On the tin it says red oxide No it states Red Lead

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In my original post I should have said traditional ship chandlers.

donnajunkie

hans_2 wrote: »

In my original post I should have said traditional ship chandlers.

Ok, so we have paint referred to as red lead that does not have lead and another paint referred to as red lead that does have lead? Quite confusing.