35 year old cot offer from my mother

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My husband and I are due our first child in April. My mother has kept the cot in which my two brothers and I were raised. We have accepted the cot however wish to check some safety issues and regulations:

1. Where can we find a list of the legal regulations relating to cots eg I have heard the bars need to have a maximum width to prevent choking etc.
2. The cot needs some tlc ala Kirsty's Home Made Homes. In short it needs a repaint and the screws and metal bits need a deep clean.

a. What is the best way to strip away the current paint. My local DIY shop says paint stipper is okay for cots is this true? It sounds iffy to me. b. What paints are suitable, again the same local DIY shop said that most paints were fine? Any help with the above would be great, we appreciate the need for a new cot mattress however feel it would be nice to make use of this cot.

Not sure why you need to strip it.why not just sand and repaint?

Yes- we sanded and repainted- far easier than faffing around with paint stripper

i did MILs cot. 40 years old. I tok it apart and sanded it all over before repainting it. it was very satisfying and looked lovely. i never measured the bars though.

You can get a cot from ikea pretty cheap, not worth the risk.

www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/00115751

DD used a cot that had been used by my Mum's friend 18 years previously, that they had found in a skip.

We sanded it right back, the metal bits were fine anyway, and we had a mattress made.