Julie, sorry to hear about your paint dilemma. I am in agreement with you about John's idea of a forum on how to care for our HL collection pieces. I keep some of mine in a storage room off of our lower level which is a walk-out basement/family room. It is very dry most of the time but the storage rooms don't have any dry wall, just the cement basement walls. I have wondered at times if I should keep my HL pieces in a different location. Good luck at restoring your pieces with the small pinpoint flakes!