The purpose of this page is to include links to other useful sites in each subject. This way, your search for information can be more complete and with diverse sources of information. (Note: You will not have to accept cookies from these other sites to use them. Also, I make no warranties for these sites.)
The National Wood Flooring Association.
Wilsonart Flooring. I sold a lot of this excellent laminate flooring.
Home Page for the Natural Stone Industry.
A.S.I.D. Referral Service site.
National Council for Interior Design Qualification..
Room by Room. I promised Matt Fox that I would link to his T.V. show site. This now links to HGTV and you must click to his show information. It is very good for decorating projects.
Advanced Protective Prodects, Inc. Got rust?
Fluid Management Inc. Paint Mixing Equipment.
Gloucester Co. Adhesives, Caulks, Sealants.
Newborn Brothers Co. Caulking Guns.
Nour Trading House, Inc. Paint Applicators.
PPG-AF Pittsburgh Paints, Lucite, Olympic Paints & Stains, +.
Paul N. Gardner Co. Coatings Testing Equipment.
"Radiance" low-e interior wall finish from ChemRex Inc.Survivair Inc. For Masks & Respirators.
Thompson's Deck care, wood preservatives.
United Gilsonite Laboratories (UGL) ZAR products.
Paint and Decorating Retailers Association.
A little perspective first. Here in the USA, paint manufacturers voluntarily dropped lead from interior products by the early 1950's. (Remember to allow a few years for product to be used up.) Main line paint manufacturers diligently worked to reformulate and/or replace leaded exterior products to phase out lead as an ingredient as quickly as they could. I personally know of one major company that dropped lead completely by 1968. Unfortunately, some customers will always insist on old technologies in any business, and lead was still showing up in a few products to meet this demand. Legislation was needed to level the playing field, (market place). The paint manufacturing industry was a strong supporter of a federal ban on lead in paint, a ban that took effect in 1978. So, ALL paint films from 1978 and later should not contain lead. Exterior paints made before 1978, (even if used on interior surfaces like furniture and cabinets because of high durability), should be tested for lead. Interior paints made before 1960 should also be tested. That is, IF you can find a paint film that old, from say, behind an old wallpaper you are scraping off in a renovation.
I look at it this way; -- The further back in time one goes, the more likely a paint was to have any lead in it and the most lead was in the oldest paints. This is why I do not recommend putting a vegetable garden or 'play in the dirt areas' around the foundation of an older home. Leaded paint chips scraped from the exterior walls generations ago may have fallen into the ground around the house and contaminated the soil.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Lead in Paint, Dust, and Soil.
U.S. EPA Lead Hazard Information Pamphlet
Kirsch drapery hardware.
Draperies & Window Coverings Magazine. A trade publication.