Any tips, and I don't mean the fun type. Been stripping gloss paint from the banister and door frames for what seems weeks and not getting anywhere quick. I've tried heat and nitromors but its still a pain in the bottom. Anyone got any ideas. Thanks
Re: Re: Stripping I'm sat on the upstairs landing. Beer in one hand, phone in other while her indoors is downstairs doing the majority of the work. Not sure how long I can get away with it tho
Heat & a scraper and a lot of elbow grease is the only way I found to get layers and layers of paint off wood.
Use coarse wet and dry, it's really good at getting that shine off, but still takes forever. You'll have no skin on your finger tips and no fingernails. Else use a heat gun, but it's still hard to get the crap off. If there's any possibility that the paint is pre 1970 be very careful as it will have lead in it, so open the windows and wear a mask as lead poisoning isn't funny. I hate gloss paint :evil: I don't use it in the house, I use acrylic instead as it's water based, it doesn't stink, it dries quick, you can wash out the brush in water, and when it's time to say goodbye all you need is a very light sand and then paint over it. Mind... there's a very great deal of painting to do in our house, I'm in the den right now and we've had bare plaster on the walls and bare wood architrave and skirting for over a year Rome wasn't built in a day
Electric heat guns are not hot enough. You need a real flame but becarfull as it will burn very quickly. Sent from an Android
Real flame sounds good but knowing my luck I will take the house down in the process. It's a rented house so can't replace frames and banister. Suppose just more hard graft.
Real flame sounds good but knowing my luck I will take the house down in the process. It's a rented house so can't replace frames and banister. Suppose just more hard graft.
haha, i know the pain, so now i have made a new rule. you want it to look pretty? Do it yourself! has worked so far
