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   McDesign | Aug 31, 2007 12:39am | #1

   I have one - good on not-heart-pine.  Too gummy.

   I like the Paint Shaver better.  makes more noise

   Forrest

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   PaulBinCT | Aug 31, 2007 12:45am | #2

   Thanks McD... I was just looking at the Paint Shaver Pro on EPay.  I had forgotten the PC doesn't have a vacuum port.  Ummmm... thank you, no, much as I like PC... no vacuum port, no dice.PaulB

    

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   McDesign | Aug 31, 2007 02:56am | #3

   Another tool I've got, that wound up working the best on my couple of decorative shaked gables, was the Silent Paint Remover, or SpeedHeater, or whoever's got it now.  The infrared deally.  If you get the hanging system too, and get into the rhythm of it, that way works pretty well.

   Forrest - got all the paint strippers

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   PaulBinCT | Aug 31, 2007 03:03am | #4

   But what's the fun if it's silent? ;)PaulB

    

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   McDesign | Aug 31, 2007 03:06am | #5

   Well, the scrapers get hot, and there's lots of yelling about that.

   Forrest

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   estacado | Sep 17, 2007 08:37am | #6

   google silent paint remover

   edit: posted before seeng Forest's about the same thing

   Edited 9/17/2007 1:38 am ET by estacado

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   BryanSayer | Sep 17, 2007 05:35pm | #7

   You absolutely, positively want a vacuum port, and ideally a HEPA filter in your vacuum. And a long hose.There is another one from Metabo, similar to the Paint-Shaver but multi-headed.As I recall Jane Powell was working on an article comparing paint removers. If you like, I'll contact her.

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   PaulBinCT | Sep 18, 2007 12:12am | #8

   As an update... I ruled out the PC because it lacked a vacuum port, and the Metabo had some significant gripes online.  I bought the PaintScraper and returned it the same day.  While they say it works well on shingles as long as they are flat, my experience was not good at all. 

   We wound up scraping, scraping and scraping... by hand...ugh.PaulB

    

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   BryanSayer | Sep 18, 2007 11:32pm | #9

   Shingles are reviewed in detail in a recent Old House Journal. I'll get the date when I get home. They used two paint shavers, plus hand-made hand scrapers. Looks like it went well.