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Lead paint removal from industrial and commercial structures
Perfect Contracting does lead paint removal and hazardous coatings removal on steel structures, bridges, tanks, industrial buildings and heritage masonry. The work runs under containment with air monitoring, the coating comes off by wet abrasive blasting or controlled stripping, and every kilogram of waste is tracked to a licensed facility. This is industrial work. We do not do houses.
- Lead paint, asbestos bearing primers and coatings, chromate and other hazardous paint systems
- Wet abrasive blasting with full capture, negative pressure containment, HEPA vacuum
- Class A asbestos licensed, so mixed asbestos and lead coatings run as one job
- Independent hygienist clearance before handback
- Sydney, Brisbane and anywhere in Australia the plant can be floated to
Why coatings are the job nobody prices properly
Old paint on steel and masonry is treated as a line item until someone tests it. Pre 1970 structures carry lead, older industrial primers carry asbestos, and some coatings carry chromates. Once a hygienist confirms it, the coating stops being a painter's problem and becomes a licensed hazardous materials removal with containment, monitoring and tracked waste. Dry grinding, burning off or open blasting is how sites end up with a contaminated neighbourhood and a stop work notice.
How we remove it
Containment first
Scaffold wrapped in heat shrink sheeting, negative air units keeping the airflow inward, decontamination units on every exit. The structure is sealed before a single square metre is touched.
Wet abrasive blasting
Wet blasting takes the coating off steel and masonry without a dust cloud. Run off is captured and treated as contaminated waste. It is faster and cleaner than grinding or chemical peeling on large areas.
Controlled stripping where blasting will not do
Chemical strippers and HEPA shrouded mechanical removal for detailed steelwork, heritage fabric and surfaces that cannot take abrasive.
Monitoring and clearance
Air monitoring inside and outside the containment by an independent hygienist, zone by zone clearance, and a documentation pack that goes with the handback.
Waste that is tracked, not tipped
Lead and asbestos contaminated blast media, paint chips, filters and run off are classified by the hygienist, bagged or drummed inside the containment and carried under our NSW EPA waste transport licence to a licensed facility. The receipt dockets come back to you as part of the clearance pack. What we sell is the removal and the paper trail. The facility does the rest.
A job we can point to
An older commercial building in Darwin turned out to have a friable asbestos primer under the finish coat on about 6,500 square metres of blockwork. We floated the plant 3,000 kilometres from Sydney, built a full negative pressure containment around every elevation, and wet blasted the coating off over seven months with independent hygienists monitoring the air every day. No fibres left the containment and there were no safety incidents. Read how the Darwin coating removal was done.
Where lead paint and hazardous coatings turn up
- Steel bridges, gantries, tanks and structural steel in plants built before 1970
- Industrial buildings with painted blockwork, trusses and cladding
- Heritage masonry and cast iron where the coating must come off without damaging the fabric
- Rail and port infrastructure being refurbished or demolished
- Structures headed for demolition where the coating has to come off before the steel can be recycled
Questions we get asked
Do you do lead paint removal on houses?
No. We work on commercial, industrial and infrastructure structures for builders, asset owners and government. A residential painter with a lead safe method is the right call for a house.
Who tests the paint?
Your occupational hygienist or environmental consultant. We work to their report and their clearance criteria rather than testing our own work.
Can you remove asbestos and lead in the same coating?
Yes. We hold a Class A friable asbestos removal licence, so a mixed coating runs under one methodology and one containment rather than two contractors.
What happens to the steel afterwards?
If the structure is being demolished, clean steel goes to recycling with the credit back to you. If it is staying, it is ready for the protective coating specified by your engineer.
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