stripping paint of weather boards.

[apricotripper]

Got to re-paint the outside of the house. What do you like to use to strip flakey paint from weatherboards ?

I've used sanding attachments on angle grinders, and a belt sander once, but my boss showed me a disk that attaches to powerdrills. Said it works marvels for this sort of thing.

what you think ?

ta.

[SilentButDeadly]

Grab a two bar wall heater, about a foot long, from the local electrical discounter, whack a handle on the back of it and a couple of 'legs' on either end so that the thing can be placed against the weatherboard but stand off by a centimetre or so....then apply to the weatherboard.

The old oil based paint will bubble right up and strip off easily 20cm at a time.....stuff all smoke.

Basically it's going to school on this concept. http://www.i-strip.com.au I built a couple of my own based on cheap heaters (there's a how to post on the woodwork forum somewhere http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=40311) and they worked quite well. You can actually buy the quartz rods from Osram too.

[apricotripper]

Brilliant !...thankyou kindly.

Will try myself next drive to the shops. :2tsup:

[keepontruckin]

To strip the paint right back use a heat gun that has a good temperature of 500-600 degrees. Also have a bucket of water near by, and don't run the heat gun over rotten timber as it will ignite from the inside out and could burn your house down.

[Joister]

a little word of caution aprioctripper,

careful with heat guns if you have lead paint - highly unlikely unless it's very old paint but you never know - i got caught out awhile back and gained high lead levels - if in doubt (i.e. if the paint is old) maybe check first - same goes for sanding when making a load of dust - like i said probably highly unlikely unless very old paint

enjoy the re-paint

[keepontruckin]

When sanding or painting weather boards always buy a lead testing kit. About $10 from a local paint supplier. Also you should wear a respirator just to be safe even if the paint surface isn't lead.