Paint Stripping

[bdgr]

built one of these from this guys plan
http://www.oceanmanorhouse.com/?page=paintremover

The thing is incredible. On most surfaces the paint just bubbles up and comes off in sheets. I've got a lot of bad paint to remove.

[Sal Ammoniac]

How does it do on non-flat surfaces (moldings, etc.)? Does it singe the wood at all? What's your working procedure -- do you heat first, then move the heater away and scrape, or do you try to follow along without roasting your hand?

[bdgr]

well...it works great on moldings, I heat then move the heater away and scrape, and move it back...it can singe the wood if you leave on way to long, but before that the paint starts smoking.

I have found that it works better on some paint than others..and it's useless on glass thats been painted but overall it's damn usefull.

[Claire Beauchamp]

Forgive my ignorance, but how is this better than a paint-remover unit that you can purchase?

[Kalhoun]

I used the "can o' boogers" paint remover. I don't remember what it's called, but it looks like the busy end of a bad head cold. Not sure if you can use it on wood or not...I stripped the claw foot tub with it and it worked like a charm.

[bdgr]

chemical strippers work, but they make a mess and introduce all kinds of nasty fumes. Just got through stirpping a door and just leaves bare wood and a pile of dry paint.

As for how is it better? Well, it's not better than the comercial infrared strippers like the silent paint remover it's a clone of it...just a lot cheaper to build one than buy one. It is better than a heat gun or something like that though.

[Rental Lease]

I would assume it's a lot cheaper to build something like this than to buy something comparable new?
I lease out some old residential properties, and I could probably use something like this in between tenants, as most of them end up trashing the places and the paint jobs.
Good find, thanks for sharing!

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Brian

[bdgr]

I would assume it's a lot cheaper to build something like this than to buy something comparable new?
I lease out some old residential properties, and I could probably use something like this in between tenants, as most of them end up trashing the places and the paint jobs.
Good find, thanks for sharing!

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Brian

Yeah, it's a whole lot cheaper.