I will be encapsulating my cinderblock foundation with poly and spray foam using professional vendor.

Lost about 1.5 month (mostly due to all the holidays) after we discovered 9x9 vinyl tiles under old carpets, encapsulation wasn't an option since vinyl were in very bad shape.  

If lead-based paint is found, the city gives a landlord two choices:1) Scrape & encapsulate (usually with latex paint) by a contractor that has their lead-based paint license to handle lead-based paint.

I wanted to share my personal success story with BP to fully encapsulate my experiences and hopefully motivate others that were in my position when I first started looking into real estate investing four years ago -- a recent college grad, mounds of student debt, and not the first clue in the world how to invest in real estate.

Lead safe implies there could still be lead paint, but it is encapsulated so the outer surface is not as harmful.

I encapsulated the crawl space with foam board insulation and vapor barrier and installed a crawl space dehumidifier and a lot of lights. 

If you hire any reputable company for either encapsulation or removal they will need to know if it's lead so they know how to proceed, 9x out of 10. 

This forces the buyer to encapsulate all repairs into a single request, and then the due diligence period is over.

Can it be encapsulated?

That light is encapsulated by a " hard hat".