Handling Strippers

[BrisBen]

Hey there people - glad I got your attention

Has anyone had any experience with a product called "Peel Away" - a paint stripping agent with a cover paper that apparently just peels away after being left for a period of time

We have a '30s house that has a fair thickness of old paint in some areas (the champher boards were stucco'd in the 60s but facias etc remain painted) and I just don't want the mess of grinding, belt sanding or heat gun scraping to prepare the mainly flaking - lead based - paint

your thoughts

B

[mic-d]

I recommended it for a stripping job at a mates place. He had to take many layers of paint off a below-ground brick wall in order to waterproof it. I didn't see the use, but the end result was brick that you could hardly tell was ever painted. He said it was pretty easy to use, but some difficult areas may need reapplication and patience.

Cheers
Michael

[bitingmidge]

Talk to Doug at The Strippers in East Brisbane.

He used to sell the stuff, maybe still does, and is a straight shooter. He's also good for a chat, specially if you like boats.

Cheers,

P

[Wongo]

I have no idea.



Sorly

[wombat47]

Have just applied a test patch on 100+ year old brick wall with umpteen layers of thick paint (probably lead based) and a top coat of acrylic which had already cracked and crazed when we bought the house. (Was hoping it would eventually crack up enough to fall off by itself.)

The test piece was on the brickwork over a pair of windows so applied in three sections. First section came up a treat - can't tell that it had been painted (but you can tell that mortar joints have been repaired). Peel Away on this section was applied quite thickly. Other two patches were applied a little more thinly and will probably need redoing.

Peel Away was applied on Sunday, pulled back paper a bit on Monday, but paint wasn't coming off well. Couldn't get to it on Tuesday and so it stayed until yesterday. Perhaps this was a tad too long. The paper had to be scraped off, rather than pulled off, so it definitely wasn't as easy or as "clean" as the website suggests. But this may have had something to do with the length of time it had been left on.

There was quite a lot of sticky goo on the brickwork which was attacked with a scrubbing brush and water, and then hosed off.

It's looks like (a) you need to apply quite thickly and (b) be particular about "sticking" the paper to the product, particularly on the mortar joints.

After various attempts at using other ineffectual methods of removing the paint, am very pleased with the result. And, bummer, sand blasting isn't an option. It would also remove the old soft lime mortar.