I have just moved in to a Victorian property with bucket loads of period features (shutters, architraves, cornicing, ceiling roses, etc). Although there is some brilliant cornice, much of the detail has been lost under (what is probably) about 20 layers of white emulsion.
In small patches where the paint isn't so thick, you get a small glimpse of the detail below and it looks incredibly (bunches of grapes, leaves, swirling waves). Does anyone have any advice on how to get all the emulsion off, without eating into the cornice itself? Is there such thing as paint stripper for emulsion? would it work on such old paint?
The dream is to get to something like this (but through DIY): -
http://www.cornicecleaning.com/examples.htm
http://www.cornicecleaning.com/ceiling.htm
In small patches where the paint isn't so thick, you get a small glimpse of the detail below and it looks incredibly (bunches of grapes, leaves, swirling waves). Does anyone have any advice on how to get all the emulsion off, without eating into the cornice itself? Is there such thing as paint stripper for emulsion? would it work on such old paint?
The dream is to get to something like this (but through DIY): -
http://www.cornicecleaning.com/examples.htm
http://www.cornicecleaning.com/ceiling.htm