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Cleveland Harold Brotz Oakland flS legal FEB 84 1972 Coatings Laboratory , ? &February 22 1 7 0, S. .Flyvood, Hew York Shenandoah Vll- Panel q c : RAMoore*/ V Mr. S<11. PlyVOOd; g*11"* C* adyta* thut.aBff of thelrdlstrtbutors had heap questioned about ih* lead eiwtmt af t coaling Sh Bin orradlg BKenaadosh wall Panels. Apparently a child had come dovn with ld nolsemitur- and we of the sus pected areas m the recently purchased f*11 "R*w*:?<rlg- The particular colored panel InTolred--laTayetta Had--baa a finishing ays tea comprising a red lacquer basecoat, Pp9 E 12 a black glaze, 859 S 12^8; and a clear topcoat, T7T ? 12. The red baseeoat Is applied at about one mil dry film (300 aq. ft/gnl,). .The basecoat has a, silked pigment system including molybdate orange, and the total lead .content on the dried basecoat film is 10.5 percent. Ve have all of the needed materials to change Lafayette Red to a lead-free pigment system, and it is primarily a matter of convincing our Bales De partment and the customer1* manufacturing unit of the necessity for changing to the loss toxic material* This Inquiry should help. Would you please write Mr. Kechermann and advise hia of as much of the above as is necessary. During the course of our telephone conversation, 1 told him there vas a "minor" amount of lead in the total paint system. Hie address -is: Softwood SpeciaUes Division. U. E. Plywood - Champion Papers, Inc. 777 Third Avenue lev York, HI 10017 JAS/ba ^Enclosures (3 letters fc panel) u. A., Stephenson Technical Manager Forest Products OO07-SWP-OOO076921