Has anyone used this to strip paint? Does it work well. I have to strip 4 layers of paint off of an out door hand rail will it work?
753028
Forget the paint stripper. It's dangerous stuff, plus that will take forever. And it's expensive.This blisters the paint quickly and it comes right off with a putty knife. I much prefer using this method over paint stripper. It's easy and much, much faster.One important piece of advice: really old paint has lead in it. I stripped a lot of paint off an old house long ago before I knew any better and didn't use a respirator or make sure I had good ventilation.
729401
I didn't try it for hand painting but i dont believe u can. It definitely works on fabrics and stays on. Also definitely washes off hands so no worries
627756
I didn't have much trouble but I didn't have it on the wall very long.however, Mr.clean scrub pad works great when getting residue off the walls.just don't scrub too hard.or 409 multi-purpose spray with a clean wash cloth will do the trick.but if the paint on the wall look like it can be easily damaged or chiped I wouldn't buy it just in case.
1851308
This gun is not good for large jobs. It is more for touch up work. That being said, it will handle the paint okay. You will have to thin it and spray many coats to get good coverage. Practice on a piece of old wood or cardboard until you get the spray adjusted and it will do a good job on small projects.
552868
This will not work for paint. Paint requires a large amount of air. To do continuous painting you will probably need to go to a gas powered compressor and if it is a one time job I would consider renting one instead of buying a large compressor. Aside from the extra money a large compressor takes more room to store and is louder when it runs this small compressor is great for finish work and small projects stores easily and is easy to lift and move around.
261370
While I cannot guarantee that it will not remove paint, my experience is that it removes very easily...I used it to tape a runner to a floor for a wedding and it did not harm the finish.
1457379
I was able to use it on my paintings after the base coat of the background was done with no problems. I had no problem painting over it and erased a few small areas with no problems as well. It worked perfectly.
1552
It works great especially for the newer paints. To test it after buying it, I sprayed epoxy primer (1.8mm tip), base color (1.5mm tip), and urethane clear (1.3mm tip). The gun performed flawlessly. I would suggest you keep a cheap gun for the primer and use this for color/clear, so you don't have cross-contamination from the primer. I use a Husky HVLP (about $50) that works great. I would buy this gun again. I use it on classic Corvettes....
979810
This is a very powerful stripper so it will probably remove most paints. Be careful because it may also damage the surface under the paint.
1473007
I used more that a Quart to remove several layers of paint from ceramic tile. I needed to let it sit for a much longer time to get it to work and it could only get through a coat or two of paint at a time. It worked really well in the end, I was working on a fire place so I likely got about 20 square feet out of the bottle
451468
Not sure. If it fits i am sure it can work, but i have never really needed to do that. It literally strips the paint/rust etc... and leaves a perfectly paintable lightly roughed up surface.
27535
I used it to skim coat my walls with joint compound to smooth out old plaster walls and for smoothing drywall joints it works wonderfully. I put three thin coats on entire plaster walls sanded then used very thin coat to fill in areas that had pock marks (small holes in compound) very lightly hand sanded. Walls look great, covered all the flaws ( lumps and dips ) on the plaster walls.
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I think it would work well but I haven't used it for paint removal. It heats up quickly and has two heat settings. Not a very good answer I know. I use it to soften resin on my sculptures before gluing and I love it.
2257769
Just saw your question 3-13-15. Yes it will work the only thing I can say is this can might not be enough depending on thinkness amount of paint to be removed. But you'll have to spray it on thick and might require repeating full process more than once.
337943
I use this tape in 3 different widths to strip on canvas paintings. It has worked as wellas most tape although if not careful it can bleed.
1651322
This seems to be a general issue, regardless of the brand of tool. I bought a caulking removal tool and it works well and does a pretty good job of removing flaking paint.I bought some blades from Imperial and they seem to hold up pretty well. The main use for the tool is for places where nothing else can get access. It works really well, even with a worn blade for cutting rectangular holes in drywall. Another application is to remove relatively small damaged areas of a panel. Then cut a plug to insert and glue in place.
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The short answer is...no...it will indeed remove the paint but it is not a substitute for scrapingIf I were to do the barn my first "tool" would be a power washer, used with care it does a fine job of removing 90% of that old paintand you can check the for hire at the box stores and get some one to do it for you!