Comments on: House Renovation: Sanding Wood http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2010/01/house-renovation-sanding-wood.html A daily design journal about new england life, home decorating resources, and renovating a 257-year-old house in Marblehead, MA. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:54:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jennifer http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2010/01/house-renovation-sanding-wood.html#comment-6648 Jennifer Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:45:23 +0000 http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/?p=6537#comment-6648 I don't have anything constructive to add, but I love the way the room looks now! I'd be tempted to paint the floors and call it a day :) I don’t have anything constructive to add, but I love the way the room looks now! I’d be tempted to paint the floors and call it a day :)

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]]> By: Mary http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2010/01/house-renovation-sanding-wood.html#comment-6644 Mary Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:46:11 +0000 http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/?p=6537#comment-6644 I was also going to suggest the Dremel tool. They may have some soft attachments that won't damage the wood or raise too much dust. Here is a suggestion if you have old hardware that is covered with paint (hinges, doorknobs, etc). Get a crock pot that you don't plan on cooking in ever again. Place your hardware in and cover with liquid dish soap. Turn the crock pot on and leave overnight. Not sure if you can put the pot on low, may need to be on high. Hope you can use that!! I was also going to suggest the Dremel tool. They may have some soft attachments that won’t damage the wood or raise too much dust. Here is a suggestion if you have old hardware that is covered with paint (hinges, doorknobs, etc). Get a crock pot that you don’t plan on cooking in ever again. Place your hardware in and cover with liquid dish soap. Turn the crock pot on and leave overnight. Not sure if you can put the pot on low, may need to be on high. Hope you can use that!!

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]]> By: Tilda B. HervĂ© http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2010/01/house-renovation-sanding-wood.html#comment-6639 Tilda B. HervĂ© Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:20:07 +0000 http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/?p=6537#comment-6639 dear katy. i bought a tool for this work as well, I can send you picture from this tool, because I don't know the accurate word in english, actually also not in germann ;-) and I think it's much more faster and efficient than your sandingblock. but i need your emailadress ;-) tilda dear katy. i bought a tool for this work as well, I can send you picture from this tool, because I don’t know the accurate word in english, actually also not in germann ;-) and I think it’s much more faster and efficient than your sandingblock. but i need your emailadress ;-)
tilda

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]]> By: jonathan http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2010/01/house-renovation-sanding-wood.html#comment-6638 jonathan Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:51:40 +0000 http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/?p=6537#comment-6638 small shaped scrapers from a paint shop work the best, get plain steel and you can file or grind them for specific shapes. They are the best way to remove paint without wrecking the molding profile. good luck, can't believe the patience and work you put in so far. small shaped scrapers from a paint shop work the best, get plain steel and you can file or grind them for specific shapes. They are the best way to remove paint without wrecking the molding profile. good luck, can’t believe the patience and work you put in so far.

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]]> By: Katy Elliott http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2010/01/house-renovation-sanding-wood.html#comment-6636 Katy Elliott Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:22:05 +0000 http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/?p=6537#comment-6636 Hi Kelly, We actually own a silent paint remover. (we never wrote about it for some reason) It removed about 10 layers of paint but this is what is left. It's difficult to get into the small areas with the large paint remover and it hasn't been able remove some of green paint (maybe stain) that is remaining. So that's where the heat gun came in. It's not ideal. We are basically just trying to clean up the little nooks. http://www.silentpaintremover.com/ I do recommend the silent paint remover for large areas. The infrared heat is the way to go. I've been seeing painters around mhead using it to scrape off exterior paint of old homes too. See here to what it looked like before: http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2008/11/stripping-walls-in-den.html Hi Kelly,

We actually own a silent paint remover. (we never wrote about it for some reason) It removed about 10 layers of paint but this is what is left. It’s difficult to get into the small areas with the large paint remover and it hasn’t been able remove some of green paint (maybe stain) that is remaining. So that’s where the heat gun came in. It’s not ideal. We are basically just trying to clean up the little nooks.

http://www.silentpaintremover.com/

I do recommend the silent paint remover for large areas. The infrared heat is the way to go. I’ve been seeing painters around mhead using it to scrape off exterior paint of old homes too.

See here to what it looked like before:
http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2008/11/stripping-walls-in-den.html

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]]> By: Kelly http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2010/01/house-renovation-sanding-wood.html#comment-6635 Kelly Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:02:00 +0000 http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/?p=6537#comment-6635 We have an old Greek Revival in Salem and are having a lot of luck with the Silent Paint Remover-it's infrared heat, and won't bring the paint temp up high enough to vaporize the lead in old paint (unlike a heat gun), so it minimizes the lead hazard, and multiple layers can come off cleanly in one swipe. It's far faster & safer than sanding, heat gun, stripper etc. Expensive, but maybe you could try renting one first--I think Waters & Brown Decorating in Salem rents them... We have an old Greek Revival in Salem and are having a lot of luck with the Silent Paint Remover-it’s infrared heat, and won’t bring the paint temp up high enough to vaporize the lead in old paint (unlike a heat gun), so it minimizes the lead hazard, and multiple layers can come off cleanly in one swipe. It’s far faster & safer than sanding, heat gun, stripper etc. Expensive, but maybe you could try renting one first–I think Waters & Brown Decorating in Salem rents them…

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]]> By: Linda http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2010/01/house-renovation-sanding-wood.html#comment-6633 Linda Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:10:22 +0000 http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/?p=6537#comment-6633 I hope you are using proper ventilation and taking reasonable precautions. Old houses almost always have lead paint. Sanding is the worst method because it sends small dust particles throughout the house. Lead abatement experts nearly wear spacesuits for a reason. I hope you are using proper ventilation and taking reasonable precautions. Old houses almost always have lead paint. Sanding is the worst method because it sends small dust particles throughout the house. Lead abatement experts nearly wear spacesuits for a reason.

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]]> By: Katy Elliott http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2010/01/house-renovation-sanding-wood.html#comment-6631 Katy Elliott Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:29:30 +0000 http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/?p=6537#comment-6631 Thanks guys for all your terrific comments. Thanks guys for all your terrific comments.

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]]> By: Hope Cook http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2010/01/house-renovation-sanding-wood.html#comment-6630 Hope Cook Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:10:07 +0000 http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/?p=6537#comment-6630 I feel your pain! I am currently multitasking between finishing our own home and it's various painting/sewing/refinishing projects and masterminding the complete reno of my parents' newly purchased dream home. My poor husband has been trying for weeks to strip the varnish off a gorgeous coffee table we bought in the summer and which is destined to be painted eventually! It has similarly frustrating trim and beveling to your own lovely project. Best of luck! I feel your pain! I am currently multitasking between finishing our own home and it’s various painting/sewing/refinishing projects and masterminding the complete reno of my parents’ newly purchased dream home. My poor husband has been trying for weeks to strip the varnish off a gorgeous coffee table we bought in the summer and which is destined to be painted eventually! It has similarly frustrating trim and beveling to your own lovely project. Best of luck!

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]]> By: Bossman http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2010/01/house-renovation-sanding-wood.html#comment-6629 Bossman Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:38:36 +0000 http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/?p=6537#comment-6629 OMG don't paint over it. Use stripper and stain it as light as you can stand. We had a window frame stripped--took it down and sent it to the dipper. It's so pretty plain we haven't even had the heart to stain it. It's just the raw wood. Live with it open for a while and you won't be able to paint... OMG don’t paint over it. Use stripper and stain it as light as you can stand.

We had a window frame stripped–took it down and sent it to the dipper. It’s so pretty plain we haven’t even had the heart to stain it. It’s just the raw wood. Live with it open for a while and you won’t be able to paint…

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