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To be fair I wondered whether it would be worth it and I'm stripping victorian paint maybe 20-30 days a year. I've honestly not bought another tool that has made such a huge difference to the process. It's so far ahead of any other method. I guess they'll be cheaper versions around in the future but the cost of the bulbs seems to be the main factor.
This sounds interesting. I took a week off in March to refurbish a few sashes and had a fun time with a carbide scraper/chisels and elbow grease. No matter how careful I was there are always a few gouges. I've got a fair few more windows to do so even for this I'm tempted! Do you use any shielding to protect the glass from the IR heater or is it quite well focussed?
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It's a massive difference on sash windows. Here's a few pics of my local type of sash window which I restore a lot. The putty had failed on both sides of the glass in this sash so all the glass had to come out, I think it's 21 panes in the top sash. The IR heater softens the putty and it comes out a treat. You can see I'm using a bit of glass wrapped in mirror backing to stop the pane on the other side of the beading from cracking due to heat.
Airhead
To be fair I wondered whether it would be worth it and I'm stripping victorian paint maybe 20-30 days a year. I've honestly not bought another tool that has made such a huge difference to the process. It's so far ahead of any other method. I guess they'll be cheaper versions around in the future but the cost of the bulbs seems to be the main factor.