jlparsons
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| posted on 2/4/10 at 10:26 PM |
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And now for something completely different
Am I ok to use a brass wire wheel arbor on a power drill to remove paint from the stonework on my house? Or will it eat the stone away too much?
Sorry for total lack of relevance, but I figure someone on here is bound to know! I'm not keen on the mess of sandblasting or the toxicity of
nitromours so looking at my options.
Ta much in advance!
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gazza285
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| posted on 2/4/10 at 10:30 PM |
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Yes, but you will be an old man before it is finished. Try a steel wire wheel in a grinder, preferably a 9" one, then when you are fed up with
that, ring a sandblasting company.
DO NOT PUT ON KNOB OR BOLLOCKS!
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Liam
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| posted on 2/4/10 at 10:49 PM |
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Pressure washer? Or too well stuck for that?
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iank
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| posted on 2/4/10 at 11:44 PM |
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How much are you looking to get rid of?
You'll wish you'd got it sandblasted if it's a whole house.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
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MikeCapon
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| posted on 3/4/10 at 06:56 AM |
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I'd use a chemical paint stripper like Nitromors if it's just paint. Sandblasting is a bit OTT just to remove paint. You'll spend
longer cleaning up than you think too.
I've just had (most of) my house sandblasted. Here's the front door. The stonework was hidden behind about 20mm of rendering which the
blaster had off in about 15 mins. Don't underestimate the work necessary to clean up and finish the edges too...
 
Door
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jlparsons
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| posted on 3/4/10 at 10:20 AM |
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Thanks folks, all replies much appreciated!
It's the window surrounds and lintels on the front of an 1890s terrace house, so a fair bit of surface but not too daunting. Quite right a
pressure washer will get rid of a lot of it, particularly on the ground floor where it's pealing off anyway. After that, it's either
nitromors, wire wheel or sandblaster.
So, nobody thinks I'm going to get rid of too much stone with a wire wheel?
Anyone played with the sand blasting attachments for common and garden pressure washers? They any good?
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ChrisW
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| posted on 3/4/10 at 11:21 AM |
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I've heard of a technique that uses ice instead of sand for blasting. No idea if it's true, or usable in this application, but the
advantage we were given is that there's no mess to clean up afterwards.
If you're worried about the sand, might be worth investigating?
Chris
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Peteff
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| posted on 3/4/10 at 12:54 PM |
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I've used a steel wire cup brush to fetch limewash off brickwork but it was only a couple of yards, I wouldn't want to do much more. It
cleans the brick up and doesn't do any damage but I needed to point up after.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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jlparsons
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| posted on 3/4/10 at 03:22 PM |
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I like the ice idea, though it sounds pretty specialist. Perhaps an unholy marriage of a pressure washer and a slushy machine?
I think after reading the above I'll pressure wash as much as I can off, then try nitromors and wire wheeling it and see what's most
effective/less messy.
Thanks again folks!
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jlparsons
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| posted on 3/4/10 at 03:26 PM |
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i looked up the ice blaster idea - uses dry ice! Apparently it's much less damaging than sand and it sublimates on impact, penetrating the
paint/dirt and expanding into gas underneath it. Looks expensive though!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA7n-Q4T8hc&NR=1
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