When I worked @ Prospect Park in Brooklyn NY, the 17th cent. Lefferts
Homestead "Children's Museum" exterior was painted with similar stuff in
about 1994 or 95. It was used for "mostly" the wrong reasons:
no stripping/abatement of flaking paint
save time & $
less skilled workers to apply.

The good reasons hopefully included:
protecting kids from lead
delaying work until they could raise funds to pay qualified workers to do it
correctly - although I do not think any more work has been done since.

Currently, the house looks like it has been coated with dull white chalky
plastic. I have no idea how the paint performs or how the wood shakes &
carvings (maybe compo) is holding up.

Ralph Walter wrote on 1/9/03 3:26 pm:

All right, boys and girls, I have another legitimate question for you all to
ignore:

We have a client with painted exterior trim who is reluctant to abate the
old (lead) paint, and a contractor who has found some shit (excuse me, I
mean, fine high quality building product) called Global Encasement.  This,
uh, material is promoted as being able to safely encapsulate lead paint (and
has a reportedly similar product for encapsulating asbestos) without
requiring sanding and all the lead-liberating preparation work that
"ordinary" paints require. It's also guaranteed (although exactly what it's
guaranteed for or aginst isn't quite clear) for 20 years.

We just had a sample installed, which though not complete, looks like shit.
What else would one expect of finishes applied over peeling paint?

As you may have guessed by now, I am just a teensy bit skeptical of
prep-free paint.  The mfr claims it's been used all over the place, is
approved by every state, etc etc.  I have even found a couple of NYC bldgs
where it's been used and am trying to follow up with them, and with
Landmarks.

So the question is, are any of you familiar with this stuff, or have you
heard anything (good or bad) about it?  I have looked it up on Google, most
of which seems to be a series of repetitions of the manufacturer's
ads/claims/literature.

Thanks.

Ralph

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