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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd test for lead.  If there isn't any, you could do some scraping / sanding / repainting over 2 weeks and make it look decent.

If there is lead, you don't have enough time (or budget it sounds like) to do a great job.[/quote]

What if it tests positive (the lowest level)?  I would still just paint over it, but not sand, right?  I won't be ripping out the trim.[/quote]

Use a good primer to seal it.  They make some that stops peeling now.  Primer and paint.  I wouldn't sand.  We sanded ours till we realized we should test it. The bottom layer was lead.  I doubt the original owners would have used lead paint so it must have been the builder.  We ripped them out as they looked terrible after being painted so many times and the sanding was not working well.  The key is to paint or get rid of them.

You could use something like this:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Zinsser-Gallon-Peel-Stop-Clear-Binding-Primer-60001-Set-of-4/21934032?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=795&adid=22222222227016815885&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=52589464751&wl4=pla-84470164631&wl5=9007807&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=112562476&wl11=online&wl12=21934032&wl13=&veh=sem

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