Re: GBlist: Paint remover

[Douglas Kerr <dougkerr@pacbell.net>]

For the scraper I highly recommend one with a tungsten-carbide blade.  I work at
least 3 times as fast with mine as I did with the old plain steel variety.  I also
bought a diamond dust flat hone to sharpen it with, which it needs after about
10-20 hours of use.  A large investment for a hand tool but it's a lifetime tool
investment and mine has paid for itself many times over in hours and aches saved.
       Doug

Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 06:42:52 -0700
From: "Matt Duston" <mountainsun@pcisys.net>
Subject: RE: GBlist: Paint Remover

i'm thinking a heat gun, a scraper, and elbow grease will do the job (though
by no means pleasantly).

matt

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-greenbuilding@crest.org
[mailto:owner-greenbuilding@crest.org]On Behalf Of garnetridge
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 6:25 AM
To: Greenbuilding
Subject: GBlist: Paint Remover


I am looking for a non-toxic, or as close to it as I can get, way to remove
latex paint that has been applied over oil base paint. After removing the
latex that is peeling off I need to paint over the oil base with a low VOC
paint. Has anyone done this before or know of products that would help me?

Thanks!

Janet McCully



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