Clean It Up
UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: luther1 on November 22, 2009, 04:41:21 pm
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I've been asked to give a quote (if poss) to try and remove gloss paint which has been thrown over a listed building. The house is bare brick and an old wooden front door. Plenty of it everywhere so i'm told. Any advice would be appreciated.
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Treat it like grafitti but the door will need to be repainted.
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Daft question but do i obviously have to get some grafitti remover? I'm a window cleaner so this is new to me. Many thanks
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paramose paint stripper,low pressure with a bit of heat if poss,the door,well like BDCS says it'll need repainting if its painted already,if its a bare door your'll have to clean all of it,you may end up bleaching it though.
Get some pics and pop em on here ;)
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Many thanks,when i view the job i'll take some pics
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You might want to find out what the mortar is made of between the bricks before just hitting this with a pressure washer seeing as it is a "listed building"
It might well be worth passing this on to someone with the right equipment and expertise, as if it goes wrong, it could be expensive.
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True,that where low pressure and heat comes in,also with the right paint release agent,i do a lot of external coatings removal the trick is not to put that nozzle to close also start from the bottom and work up
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The old mortar will probably be lime , as it got black flakes in it.? Gloss paint will not stick to it and will fall off when fully hardened, and the wind blows . You can speed it up with a soft nail brush, gently !
For the bricks , use slow release graffiti pads, plastic scraper and wet sponge, brick at a time.
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The old mortar will probably be lime , as it got black flakes in it.? Gloss paint will not stick to it and will fall off when fully hardened, and the wind blows . You can speed it up with a soft nail brush, gently !
For the bricks , use slow release graffiti pads, plastic scraper and wet sponge, brick at a time.
Its not only found on a farm you know ;)