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On that logic, nobody would ever remove any paint from any surface, just keep building them up layer after layer until the original shape was totally lost!
Victorian cornicing and other plasterwork is too lovely to be painted into vague, lumpy obscurity.
(It might suit you, though...
)Well just chip them off and put copies up then - nobody will notice the difference, they'll all look new.
The whole point of Victorian architectural detail is that much of it was crafted in a way which is very rarely seen these days. You would not be able to find acceptable 'copies' even if you wanted to. It was a different era - labour was cheaper and apprenticeships longer. Politically, the Victorians were a dreadful, hypocritical bunch in many ways and it could be argued that artisans had a harsh life so the upper classes could be surrounded by elegance - but give me Victorian over-engineering and craftsmanship any day, over the over the prevailing modern tendency to sloppiness. I know it's a generalisation and there are some aesthetically impressive new builds, but how much 20th century housing will have bitten the dust by 2050, compared with Victorian/Edwardian stock?
Why do you think nobody has a good word for builders these days? They are second only to solicitors in the public's idea of the worst behaved, most grasping and least professional 'professions'
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The original question was about removing layers of paint from plasterwork, which prompted me to ask about removing many paint layers from Victorian plasterwork.
Sometimes one question leads to another.
Only in your world.
Your world of closed questions and screwedtight answers is a very dull one.
There's no call for rudeness...and unless you own the forum, it's a tad pointless to tell people to 'butt out' of 'your world'. And you chose to discuss Victorian cornicing - there was no obligation to!
Enjoy your hemlock! Sorry, Horlicks.
Enjoy your hemlock! Sorry, Horlicks.
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So in short "No!" is the answer to "Has anyone got experience with Peel Away?"
I dont see why stripping off layers of paint will make it look like a copy. Most people who come into my house know the work I am doing & hopefully will be well impressed. Anyone like an estate agent will be told it is original and the effort I have been through to restore it to its original state.
I am not bothered if it looks imperfect because as you say it was hand crafted & will add to its charm. The problem is it is very detailed cornice but a lot of detail is lost now with the paint that is on and to hide the current red paint with white will take at least 3 or 4 coats which means even more detail being lost.
I plan on staying here a while and want to enjoy these features so to me it will be worth it in the end.
Thanks for all the advice and debate. Much appreciated.
Col
I dont see why stripping off layers of paint will make it look like a copy. Most people who come into my house know the work I am doing & hopefully will be well impressed. Anyone like an estate agent will be told it is original and the effort I have been through to restore it to its original state.
I am not bothered if it looks imperfect because as you say it was hand crafted & will add to its charm. The problem is it is very detailed cornice but a lot of detail is lost now with the paint that is on and to hide the current red paint with white will take at least 3 or 4 coats which means even more detail being lost.
I plan on staying here a while and want to enjoy these features so to me it will be worth it in the end.
Thanks for all the advice and debate. Much appreciated.
Col
I'm wondering whether very fine sanding is the way to go. I think I'll experiment on the plaster lady's chin and see how it goes.
Lots of Victorian and Edwardian housing was jerry-built to appalling standards. You won't have seen much of the bad stuff. Because it has fallen down.
How do you know, if it no longer exists?!
Some of it was, I agree. (The side wall of my house, for a start).
But the Victorian stock which has survived is generally better built than most residential property built through much of the 20th century.
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