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Paint Stripping

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Alright DIY nerds out there.

I'm going to try and strip paint off some stairs with a heat gun but I have no idea what I'm getting myself into.

Is there anything I need to know before I start, because once I do I obviously have to finish it.

Ta.

Oh, also, when painting plaster, what do you dilute a mist coat to? I've heard 50/50, 80/20, 10%, everything basically.
 
Wait til the plaster is dry and put a light coat on, probably best going with 70% diluted and 30% paint. Once that dries out, put a normal coat of paint on and that should do you.
 
If you're just doing normal stripping of paint in your house you should be fine. If this is for whatever reason, stripping of paint in a house that might have been painted in the dim and distant past, be a bit careful as heating lead paint is very bad. Unlikely to be that so there's not much you can go wildly wrong with. You'll notice it bubble, stop and it's ready to scrape.

Can't make a call on painting plaster any better than the internet can
 
widnesblue said:
Wait til the plaster is dry and put a light coat on, probably best going with 70% diluted and 30% paint. Once that dries out, put a normal coat of paint on and that should do you.
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Is it genuinely just a personal preference type of thing? As long as it's basically diluted a fair bit and not just chucked straight on?

Mad amount of conflicting advice on it.
 

dead_soft said:
If you're just doing normal stripping of paint in your house you should be fine. If this is for whatever reason, stripping of paint in a house that might have been painted in the dim and distant past, be a bit careful as heating lead paint is very bad. Unlikely to be that so there's not much you can go wildly wrong with. You'll notice it bubble, stop and it's ready to scrape.

Can't make a call on painting plaster any better than the internet can
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Ahhh... this is good to know. Paint is in a house that has been largely untouched since the 1940s I believe so there's a chance of this.

Will look into it.
 
Tubey said:
Ahhh... this is good to know. Paint is in a house that has been largely untouched since the 1940s I believe so there's a chance of this.

Will look into it.
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Oh, if it's that, then definitely do. If it's paint from the 40s than it will definitely involve lead from what I know (I'm mainly passing on second hand knowledge) and it is genuinely dangerous. Worth checking out anyway
 
dead_soft said:
Oh, if it's that, then definitely do. If it's paint from the 40s than it will definitely involve lead from what I know (I'm mainly passing on second hand knowledge) and it is genuinely dangerous. Worth checking out anyway
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There's a chance it's been stripped before and the paint is newer, but there's every chance there's about ten layers of paint as well.

Just found this - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-on-lead-paint-in-older-homes - cheers for the heads up, wouldn't have considered it.
 
Tubey said:
Is it genuinely just a personal preference type of thing? As long as it's basically diluted a fair bit and not just chucked straight on?

Mad amount of conflicting advice on it.
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I’d say it’s just a personal preference but that’s what I was told to do, off a p&d. When I re-plastered my kitchen ceiling few years back, I just stuck a normal coat on and it never cracked but that was before I knew about diluting it.
 

Kurt said:
Nitromos, a wood scraper and some wire wool and patience
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Looked this up, my first thought was something like turps on steroids would do it, which is what Nitromors was - apparently the ingredient that made it work (methylene chloride) has been banned though, so chemical paintstrippers now are all a pile of useless crap.
 
Tubey said:
Alright DIY nerds out there.

I'm going to try and strip paint off some stairs with a heat gun but I have no idea what I'm getting myself into.

Is there anything I need to know before I start, because once I do I obviously have to finish it.

Ta.

Oh, also, when painting plaster, what do you dilute a mist coat to? I've heard 50/50, 80/20, 10%, everything basically.
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Use a trade emulsion to start with as that’s what they use on new builds If you can be bothered. Many years since I worked in the labs at Goodlass Wall and even then it was on the protective coatings side. Seem to recall a 20% dilution (80/20) would do it, just enough to allow the emulsion to soak in, then a couple of full coats
 

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