brown drywall coated in gray cement like compound

ksk051182

Hello Everyone .

2 weeks ago My family bought a house built in 1982. Due to ugly wallpapers, we decided to paint the walls. When we stripped the wallpapers it has brown drywall coated in gray cement like compound. Is this lead or asbestos? or just lightly covered in cement?

Please Help, My family's first house, and I'm scared..... no money to hire inspectors.

Thank You.

bjbatlanta

Asbestos and lead were banned by the EPA in the late '70s, so you should be ok. Don't know what you have exactly.... Can you post a pic??

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DangerMouse

Sounds like a skim coating to me.

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bjbatlanta

Yeah, I'm just kind of curious what the "cement compound" might be. Thinset, maybe?? And the brown drywall might be exterior "gyp" board. It comes in 2'x8' lengths, so if it's only 2' wide, that answers that question...

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