Potential lead paint under wallpaper

[Koki Agata]

Hello Fellow BPers!

So my wife and I just purchased our first property (woo) and started rehabbing the kitchen.

It has wallpaper all over, so we are trying to take them off. However, since the house is built in 1947, and in the sellers disclosure, the sellers weren't sure if the paint contained lead, we are assuming it does. Which means when taking off the wallpaper, we are likely to encounter lead paint.

While we were scraping the wallpaper off, we started to wonder about the lead paint underneath...

How strictly do you follow the guidelines for lead paint when removing wallpaper? We are thinking about buying respirators, but would it be enough? We don't have any children.

Let me know what you think or do!

Thanks!