Posts tagged paint (removal)
Paint Removal from Copper :: and Other Uses for Aluminum Foil
0September 23, 2009
When I left off, I was amped because I had found a way to incorporate a common household product into a home improvement task. Yes, the Reynold's Wrap I had grabbed slyly from the kitchen counter worked very nicely as a light abrasive on my now rust-free shutter hinges. [ . . . ]
Paint Removal :: Using a Professional Re-Finisher
0September 15, 2009
by jb
in working with pros
So . . . you might have read my rant on hastily painted hardware. And maybe you have stayed with me long enough to know that I have a tendency (with this current house) to restore rather than replace.
Early on, when we had that decent painter, he was nice enough to remove the shutters from the building before painting its body. Twenty-four windows on the house proper makes for 48 individual shutters, 96 hinges, which themselves when broken down gave us 192 hinge parts. [ . . . ]
Restoring Hardware :: Common Reasons Hardware is Painted
1September 11, 2009
by jb
in On the House
If you have lived in or worked on an old house, you probably know exactly what I mean. There is almost nothing that is more frustrating than having to work the paint from the slot(s) of a screw head.
Look at the alternatives though: Trying to retract a screw found in this situation without first cutting or chiseling that paint away makes for sure stripage, failure and, further, insanity. [ . . . ]
Rail Refinishing :: 2 quick posts on refinishing
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Let me make this clear: as a guy who lives in a 120 year-old home, and considering we have decided to save the original clapboard siding on that house -- I am somewhat familiar with stripping paint.
To be honest -- for this task, I have used every means conceivable, including but not limited to -- chemical strippers, mechanical means such as planing and sanding, and physical means like pull scraping and wire brushing. And anyway you look at it -- stripping paint is one nasty job. BUT. . . I also feel that it is something that given time is simply unavoidable. Once a layer of paint fails - you must strip. [ . . . ]
