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My garage has abspestos walls the interior requires cleaning and a coat of emulsion - I though of spraying with water to dampen fibres and clean off cob-webs, dust etc then use a roller and emulsion - is it safe to do this?

Plus some of the outer walls have unsightly cracked paint , how can i safely remove old peeling paint and emulsion with roller?
thanks for any advice

Do you know what kind of asbestos it is?

Hi

Its white asbestos (thanks for the correct spelling) as far as I know its not the worse type which I think is bluey/grey?

Some of the walls are smooth but just need a fresh coat of paint but how do I treat the walls that have old peeling paint, which I would have to remove before applying new paint but the question is how do I do this safely?

Thanks for any tips

if it's emulsion paint i would probably soak it and scrape it off before re painting. I wouldn't want to risk too much dust from it, even if it is the less dangerous kind.

Whatever you do get yourself a high quality breathing mask to prevent the inhalation of any dust.

Thanks for your replies to my question - yes I will purchase a quality dust mask first - then try spraying the wall with water and see what effect this has on removing the flaky peeling paint.