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| 519.1 | Remind me if I don't get back to you soon | JOET::JOET | | Tue Aug 25 1987 18:46 | 6 |
| "Practical Homeowner" or "Home Mechanix" or "The Family Handyman" or
"Penthouse" (oops!) had an article about this very subject not too
long ago. I'll see if I can find it for you. It didn't mention
prices as it was a DIY affair.
-joet
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| 519.2 | Wet Dreams | 3D::SULLIVAN | | Wed Aug 26 1987 20:10 | 30 |
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Taylor rental has them for about $70 a day. It is called
a pressure washer, it has a large single cylinder gas engine
and a hydraulic pump that puts out about 2200 psi ! You
plug in your garden hose and WATCH OUT !
It comes with 4 tips ranging from 0 to 30 degrees, the
0 degree tip can cut concrete, the 15 or 20 seems most
useful. The system is best for washing the house and
removing LOOSE paint. It can remove all the paint but
you will damage the wood, it will chew gouges in the shingles
if you are not careful. There is a separate attachment
that allows you to spray a mix of TCP from a pale that
will feed into the main stream.
It will do most of the work but you still have to go
back and scrape the loose edges. I don't think it is
what you want if you want to remove ALL the paint with out
damaging the wood.
If you get it you will need a large station wagon or a truck.
It is on wheels and takes two people to load it.
PS: Watch out when using it on a ladder as it has about
a 20 pound kick (I nearly fell off !). Also, you and
the house will get very wet.
Good Luck,
Mike
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| 519.3 | Its so so | VOLGA::MEAGHER | | Tue Jan 19 1988 19:53 | 18 |
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I used taylor rental over a holiday weekend and did my whole
house.(two story cape)
PROS: It was hot weather and I was soaked to the bone.(nice)
It does peel off the paint.(most of it)
Its fun for the first few hours.
CONS: Its is dangerous on a ladder.
It will allso remove clap boards.(go with the grain)
You still have to scrap.
It uses a lot of water.(I ran my well dry)
Dont aim it at any one.(its like a gun)
Wear eye protection.
Over all it saved me $$$ on hiring someone but I'll never go that
route again!
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| 519.4 | how to remove outside paint on trim? | HELIX::MCGRAY | | Thu Apr 07 1994 16:48 | 19 |
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What's the best way to sand down (remove LOTS of paint) the wood
on the outside of a front entrance to a house? I have about 1 foot
of painted wood surrounding the front door that needs to be
stripped and repainted, as well as the wood supports and facing
of the roof above the front door steps, and also wood gutters.
Do you use a paint stripper that you apply with a brush?
or do you use a heavy duty sander of some sort to remove the
paint? All I have is a little palm sander, which I'm sure won't
even make a dent. Do you rent sanders that will take off paint
from this area? (I've seen some on TV that look like mini
weed-wackers, with the high-speed rotating wires that take off
the paint). I can't imagine having to strip the paint with a liquid.
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| 519.5 | dozens and dozens of ways | SEND::PARODI | John H. Parodi DTN 381-1640 | Thu Apr 07 1994 17:46 | 74 |
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There are many different opinions on this one, as you can see from the
directory listing below.
Chemical paint strippers tend to be pretty nasty to use.
I blush to admit that I've used that rotary stripping tool on wood. It
worked pretty well but some pieces had alternating grain layers whose
abrasion resistance was radically different, resulting in very
noticeable ridges that had to be sanded out later. The biggest problem
is concentration...it's easy to lose it and very quickly create a large
hole in the wood.
The approach you did not mention is heat. You'll find many replies on
that subject below. In my opinion heat works best, and the possibility
of burning down the house adds a certain zest to the job.
JP
dir/keyword=paint_removal turned up the following:
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7 FURILO::KAISER 18-NOV-1985 13 Help! Calcimined basement walls
9 SUPER::MATTHEWS 20-NOV-1985 13 Remove textured paint?
28 GUMDRP::PIERMARINI 20-DEC-1985 35 Paint Removing
73 KELVIN::RPALMER 26-FEB-1986 14 help refinishing a dresser?
116 ASTRO::OBRIEN 3-APR-1986 10 Sandblast or buy new shingles?
197 THORBY::MARRA 17-JUN-1986 16 Cleaning your paint brush (part 1b)
227 MORGAN::MAJORS 2-JUL-1986 0 Refinishing varnished outdoor wooden play structure
335 NIMBUS::OHERN 25-AUG-1986 7 Tools for stripping woodwork?
553 SNO78A::ZORBAS 11-NOV-1986 6 Peeling Ceiling
580 GENRAL::RYAN 17-NOV-1986 17 Un stain dark stained wood?
630 BINKLY::WINSTON 6-DEC-1986 10 Painted bathtub disaster
791 YODA::FAY 11-FEB-1987 23 Removing paint from brick
913 PIXEL::BS 23-MAR-1987 9 refinishing furniture
1052 TALLIS::SAMARAS 21-APR-1987 19 Calcimine paint (oh no)
1126 BARNUM::JORGENSEN 11-MAY-1987 10 Refinishing Home Siding
1164 BUCKY::MURRAY 26-MAY-1987 8 safe way to remove paint?
1196 GENRAL::BSTEWART 5-JUN-1987 9 Windows painted shut
1203 RUTLND::SUKIEL 8-JUN-1987 4 Rough plywood doors
1214 VAXWRK::PETERSON 11-JUN-1987 40 Lead paint stripping
1246 SVCRUS::KROLL 19-JUN-1987 33 Sandblasting paint from Steam Radiators
1273 SKIVT::DANCONA 30-JUN-1987 9 help me ... sand my oak table
1323 3D::SULLIVAN 14-JUL-1987 3 Prepping/painting grooved shakes
1448 BARNUM::FOBRIEN 25-AUG-1987 4 Water Jet sanding?
1645 JACOB::TULLIE 26-OCT-1987 10 Dipping a chair; where?
1687 FDCV14::DUNN 9-NOV-1987 22 UN-painting a house
1915 RANGLY::BAUKS_ROSE 28-JAN-1988 15 new paint removal wonder????
2073 VOYAGE::WBERNIER 1-MAR-1988 5 Removing paint and rust from iron railing
2081 SACMAN::GOLDEN 2-MAR-1988 24 Repainting chipping ceiling
2231 JOKUR::IRELAND 19-APR-1988 4 Sandblasting paint from shingles
2333 IOENG::FENUCCIO 26-MAY-1988 5 WATER STRIPPER FOR EXT/HOUSE PAINT REMOVAL
2359 INDEBT::TAUBENFELD 3-JUN-1988 5 Removing Paint from a Leather Surface
2445 TALLIS::ZANZERKIA 8-JUL-1988 80 Dealing with lead paint/cost estimates
2684 POBOX::KOCH 4-OCT-1988 4 Stripping paint from cedar logs?
2719 ZAMMY::NANCYZ 17-OCT-1988 2 Removing oil-base paint from vinyl siding
2734 VAXWRK::CONNOR 20-OCT-1988 4 Help Spilled Paint On Carpet
3242 HAMER::HOFF 16-MAY-1989 16 concrete paint removal
3265 WOODRO::NNGUYEN 24-MAY-1989 4 Paint removing heat gun cracks window glass - Beware!
3427 PMROAD::CALDERA 18-AUG-1989 10 PAINT ON LOW-E GLASS
3638 EUCLID::PETERSON 18-DEC-1989 6 refinish vs. replace painted trim
3769 SWAM2::DERY_CH 29-MAR-1990 0 Bubbling Interior Wall Paint
3869 REBEL1::FAUCHER 26-JUN-1990 0 Restoring Railroad Ties (after stain spill)
3962 WMOIS::BERUBE_S 5-SEP-1990 7 stripping paint with A product called QRB
4230 MR4DEC::RON 10-MAY-1991 23 Sueing Store for peeling paint
4296 TRLIAN::CHIQUOINE 9-JUL-1991 6 Need to remove Fabulon from piano!
4360 CELTIK::JACOB 4-SEP-1991 8 Removing an OLD railing for refinishing
4380 AIMHI::SILVA 25-SEP-1991 3 White primer spray blown onto roof shingles
4457 GRANPA::JHAGERTY 9-DEC-1991 13 strip and stain piano
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