I know there is another forum on the silent paint remover tool (silentpaintremover.com), but no activity since February. I bought one and it works great. We stripped a little area of wood shingles ourselves on my 1 1/2 story bungalow in about 10 minutes. My problem is that I have a contract with a painter to strip and paint my entire house and he agreed use the spr to remove the paint, and is now making excuses to not read the instructions and to not use it. I have it in the contract that the paint will be removed using the spr and am insisting on this – it is much, much faster and easier than using a heat gun. My question is this: Does (or is) anyone a painter in the Chicago area who is open to using this tool? I am just about ready to let this guy go.
Thanks.
10D
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Stripping all the paint off a house is major work and hard to estimate timewize. Even with the best of equipment, it is slow nasty work (and sometimes hazardous). I have done a few in my time and I doubt I would let a homeowner tell me how to do it either. Not many HO's are willing to pay what it costs to do it right.
You could do it yourself... Or go to your local good paint store and ask for recomentations of some local pro painters.
I've used the SPR on many occasions and yes it is faster than a heat gun. Just be careful not to leave the SPR no more than 30-45 seconds on one spot, or the wood will burn slightly underneath.
JoeF
Renaissance Restorations
Victorian Home Restoration Services
http://www.renaissancerestorations.com
RM-Thanks for the tip on heat time. If you hear of anyone out my way who is using this, please pass the info on to me .
By the way, the instructions and website indicate that you should prime the wood immediately after stripping - in experimenting in small areas to start we are not ready for priming yet. In your opinion, does it matter if you don't prime right away?
10D
Edited 6/17/2004 10:39 am ET by Tenacious D