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The absolute best way to strip paint from wood is with an infra red heat gun. Nothing else comes close.
If you want to do it another way (god knows why) use a carbide scraper blade to remove as much as possible by hand then use a chemical paint stripper (Tensid is probably my favourite). Just don't do that though, buy an infra red heat gun you will not regret it. I have stripped paint using every method known to man over 30 years and I wish I'd had one 30 years ago.
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Hmmm, except the cheapest one I can find is like £200.
and annoyingly cant find any for rental..Though I would tend to agree with you on getting the thing that does the job best in advance of future jobs, I'm unconvinced I will strip that much paint in my lifetime...
thanks for the tip, perhaps i'll bite the bullet ;)
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My flooring fitter finally resurfaced. His decorator had gone quiet and rather than tell me he just went quiet too. Anyway, back on course.
Decorator reckons the paint on the stairs will take a long while to strip and has plumped for nitromors. @Airhead Is this the sort of thing an infra red heat gun would make short work of...?
Plan is to strip and repaint the stairs, then have runner down the middle.
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Bit the bullet and bought a Speedheater Cobra. Thanks for the tip, will keep you (all) posted on results.
Btw I also tried out the Tensid paint stripper, and it was pretty good actually. Though it only ate through one layer at a time and then sort of became denatured. So I can imagine it being really quite costly over a large surface, plus it makes a total mess!!! yuck! But fumes weren't too harsh on the upside.
JT
duncs
Does anybody know a decent paint stripper for wood? ta JT