Stripping

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Some contractors are renovating an old building near my house. The windowsills had many layers of old paint that was flaking off. To remove this it looked like a thin layer of some kind of putty-ish stuff was spread onto it, and then covered in polythene. A day later I went past and the windowsills were back to the stone - absolutely clean.Can anyone tell me what this stuff was, as Id quite like to get hold of some for use on my place! Thanks.
 
Sounds just like the product that I am looking for..........have you had any joy in finding out what it is....
I have and old victorian cast iron staircase to strip..........nitromors just ain't up to the job...........
 
Although I have not tried it yet there is a stripper advertised on TV shopping channels that will remove many layers of paint or stain without hurting the original surface no matter what it is.
It's approx £40 a tub that covers 25 square feet.
I have an old chest of drawers that my grandfather made when my dad was born and has over 80 years of paint layers on it.
I want to return it to its original wood finish without removing the natural oils in the wood.


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Why not use gas?

If you are sensible you are unlikely to do any harm also a quick run over with a belt sander will tidy any rased grain and or light dents etc.

Regards Paul
 
I used this product at the weekend on some thickly painted stone window cills. It cost £15 for a tub enough to cover about 4 large cills. Mine were previously external but became internal through the addition of a conservatory. Applying the paste was obviously easy, the only draw back is having to use gallons of water to clear away the residue and ensure that the substrate is neutralised prior to repainting.

The best paint stripper I've found
 
I have heard about making a putty from Caustic Soda by adding corn flower until it goes really thick and can be spread on.

I was looking in to ways of removing paint from old cast gutters. In the end, I filled a wheelie bin up and added about £8 of Caustic Soda from Wilko's. It works really well. I must have stripped 20 lengths of gutter. I tried all the commercial paint strippers and a heat gun but they were rubbish. Making your own would be cheap so no problem if it did not work.
 
See my post on Painters Talk:- Removing paint from red brick masonry
Posted: Jul 19, 2005 10:45 PM
Thar ya go
Dubya
 
Typical of a screwfix admin to remove my link for a stripping product they dont sell so can not be in competition with them.
 
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