I AM trying win the prize as the one-milionith person on the forum to ask “what is the best way to remove many layers of old paint around the windows of a house which is about 100 years old?” Chemical, heat, sanding (ugh) or?
THank you.
I AM trying win the prize as the one-milionith person on the forum to ask “what is the best way to remove many layers of old paint around the windows of a house which is about 100 years old?” Chemical, heat, sanding (ugh) or?
THank you.
There are a number of ways to achieve a level foundation and mudsill.
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If you're the homowner and don't have young children and ......
no neighbors.............
Sand, heat over 1200 degrees, sandblast..............in leu of the current Lead regulations.
Infra-red heaters up around 600 degrees has caught my attention as one safe way that might spark your interest as well.
Take a trip to the EPA site and look up the existing RRP rules and suggestions for proper handling of paint removal in homes built prior to 1978.
On the circa:1680 house I had I did 30 frames using a heat gun after I took off what I could with a combination of different sanders from my belt sander to my ROS on flat areas.
or...you could buy an expensive http://www.paintshaver.com or similar.
If you use a heat gun wear a good mask that cuts out vapors and don't let it get too hot b/c if there's any lead in the paint it can kill ya...lol...ok, so it's not that funny
Andrew
What's your thinking on offering up answers to questions of this sort, what with the current rules and regs on lead from the EPA.
If it's my own house...not a customers I'd do it as you, Dan & I suggested with the key being to dispose of the debris properly.
What a PITA these regulators are.
Oh..and did ya check out the problem we're having here in NY with bedbugs? It's becoming almost an epidemic.. Some say it's time to bring back DDT in a regulated fashion.
While the regulations are aggravating........
to our jobs and the customer's wallets, it is the law and that's about it. Work in the right way and we should have no problems. Don't, and while we may get the job, might as well chuck your liability insurance while you're at it. Probably include cobbled up electric etc in the bag of economy tricks.
And please don't bring up bedbugs. Spent a long weekend in Nashville "battling" the little buggers in a fight for domination in my daughters house.
I think we won.
Didn't see downtown, didn't hear any music cept for the radio and didn't sit on a barstool except slugging one down while I waited for a carry out dinner.
Actually, hardly anyone asks that question, since most know that the correct answer is "whatever works".
It's made more complicated by the fact that you usually have about 15 coats of paint. The old oil paint isn't so bad, but every 3rd coat is something else that resists, heat, chemicals, dynamite, etc. Especially some of the early latex paints become like concrete and resist everything.
And of course you have lead to think about. It's almost certain that the first ten coats are lead paint, and in theory you need to remove it in a space suit with the entire building cordoned off like a hazerdous waste facility. (At the very least, DO take care to dispose of the lead paint scrapings in a reasonably safe way -- don't just throw them in the garbage to be sent to the incinerator.) (And if this isn't your own propertyy you need to be licensed and do it up all Kosher.)
That said, the easiest way to remove old oil paint is usually heat (which is considered bad from a lead standpoint, if anyone's watching). After that you can try several different chemical paint removers -- some will work on some layers, others on others.
Heat works best for me
Lot of methods used out there but heat for me works the best. All manners of paint removal are tedious and time consuming. A mask is recommended because of the lead, as we all know is going to be present. The waste disposal is your call. I wouldn't call hazmat but there are all kinds of facilities out there that take care of that stuff.
Gary...