paint flakes
Crumbling wall bits
Paint flakes are small pieces of dried paint that have separated from a surface, typically due to age, moisture damage, or poor adhesion.
Old houses often shed paint flakes, which pose a health hazard when the paint contains lead: The inspector found paint flakes beneath the windowsill.
As a verb, paint flakes when it begins to peel and chip away.
- peelingComing off in strips
- chippingBreaking into fragments
- crackingBreaking without separating completely
- leadDense metal, symbol Pb
- lead poisoningToxic heavy metal accumulation
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