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Posted by tmclone on August 8, 2009, 5:23 pm
I'm finally tackling the french doors in my diningroom. The house was
built in the early 1800s, so the doors are real, solid wood, but
before we bought the house some moron not only painted them, many,
many times, they also painted over the brass hardware! So, I've
removed all the metal and I'm boiling it in water and baking soda. It
usually takes at least 30 minutes, but almost all the paint is off
after 15. Yay! Really amazing the number of color layers that came
off. Some people have VERY odd decorating styles!
Ok, so pretty much everyone here probably already knows this, but
since my neighbor's son, who works for a construction firm, looked at
me funny when I mentioned it, I thought it was worth a post, in case
someone didn't realize how easy it was to strip paint from metal
without using toxic and expensive chemicals.
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Posted by Nate Nagel on August 8, 2009, 5:31 pm
tmclone wrote:
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> I'm finally tackling the french doors in my diningroom. The house was
> built in the early 1800s, so the doors are real, solid wood, but
> before we bought the house some moron not only painted them, many,
> many times, they also painted over the brass hardware! So, I've
> removed all the metal and I'm boiling it in water and baking soda. It
> usually takes at least 30 minutes, but almost all the paint is off
> after 15. Yay! Really amazing the number of color layers that came
> off. Some people have VERY odd decorating styles!
>
> Ok, so pretty much everyone here probably already knows this, but
> since my neighbor's son, who works for a construction firm, looked at
> me funny when I mentioned it, I thought it was worth a post, in case
> someone didn't realize how easy it was to strip paint from metal
> without using toxic and expensive chemicals.
spray paint requires the chemicals, but if someone just slopped house
paint over polished metal with a brush, absolutely, you can get most of
it off with just hot water and some scrubbing. BTDT (for exactly the
same reason) a previous landlord loved me because he was all ready to
replace all the door hardware at a house I was living in and I
"restored" all the nice old original brass stuff that way, and even
clear lacquered it for him. He couldn't believe that you could do stuff
like that yourself... (some people just don't try, I guess)
nate
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Posted by Phisherman on August 8, 2009, 6:34 pm
On Sat, 8 Aug 2009 14:23:31 -0700 (PDT), tmclone
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>I'm finally tackling the french doors in my diningroom. The house was
>built in the early 1800s, so the doors are real, solid wood, but
>before we bought the house some moron not only painted them, many,
>many times, they also painted over the brass hardware! So, I've
>removed all the metal and I'm boiling it in water and baking soda. It
>usually takes at least 30 minutes, but almost all the paint is off
>after 15. Yay! Really amazing the number of color layers that came
>off. Some people have VERY odd decorating styles!
>Ok, so pretty much everyone here probably already knows this, but
>since my neighbor's son, who works for a construction firm, looked at
>me funny when I mentioned it, I thought it was worth a post, in case
>someone didn't realize how easy it was to strip paint from metal
>without using toxic and expensive chemicals.
Plain hot water will do the job.
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Posted by tmclone on August 9, 2009, 1:02 pm
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> On Sat, 8 Aug 2009 14:23:31 -0700 (PDT), tmclone
> >I'm finally tackling the french doors in my diningroom. The house was
> >built in the early 1800s, so the doors are real, solid wood, but
> >before we bought the house some moron not only painted them, many,
> >many times, they also painted over the brass hardware! So, I've
> >removed all the metal and I'm boiling it in water and baking soda. It
> >usually takes at least 30 minutes, but almost all the paint is off
> >after 15. Yay! Really amazing the number of color layers that came
> >off. Some people have VERY odd decorating styles!
> >Ok, so pretty much everyone here probably already knows this, but
> >since my neighbor's son, who works for a construction firm, looked at
> >me funny when I mentioned it, I thought it was worth a post, in case
> >someone didn't realize how easy it was to strip paint from metal
> >without using toxic and expensive chemicals.
> Plain hot water will do the job.
Not with oil base paint it won't. Most of the layers on my hardware
were done LONG before latex paint. Water just won't cut it. Plus, it
does it all by itself while you're off doing another project.
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Posted by Bob F on August 8, 2009, 7:51 pm
tmclone wrote:
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> I'm finally tackling the french doors in my diningroom. The house was
> built in the early 1800s, so the doors are real, solid wood, but
> before we bought the house some moron not only painted them, many,
> many times, they also painted over the brass hardware! So, I've
> removed all the metal and I'm boiling it in water and baking soda. It
> usually takes at least 30 minutes, but almost all the paint is off
> after 15. Yay! Really amazing the number of color layers that came
> off. Some people have VERY odd decorating styles!
> Ok, so pretty much everyone here probably already knows this, but
> since my neighbor's son, who works for a construction firm, looked at
> me funny when I mentioned it, I thought it was worth a post, in case
> someone didn't realize how easy it was to strip paint from metal
> without using toxic and expensive chemicals.
What proportions do you use?
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> built in the early 1800s, so the doors are real, solid wood, but
> before we bought the house some moron not only painted them, many,
> many times, they also painted over the brass hardware! So, I've
> removed all the metal and I'm boiling it in water and baking soda. It
> usually takes at least 30 minutes, but almost all the paint is off
> after 15. Yay! Really amazing the number of color layers that came
> off. Some people have VERY odd decorating styles!
>
> Ok, so pretty much everyone here probably already knows this, but
> since my neighbor's son, who works for a construction firm, looked at
> me funny when I mentioned it, I thought it was worth a post, in case
> someone didn't realize how easy it was to strip paint from metal
> without using toxic and expensive chemicals.