Advise needed for stripping paint back to wood.

[Rob3002]

Hi. I have recently bought a house and the garage is wooden but it needs repainting. The issue I have is the existing paint needs stripping but i appears quote thick. I don't have any sanding power tools and I feel it would take ages by hand. What's the best thing to use?
Cheers

 

[Tigercubrider]

I would use a power sander.

You can buy relatively cheap ones and the time saved over hand work is enormous.

You don't need to do a brilliant job if over painting but the smoother the better.
That's why my shed is "wood coloured" with preservative rather than paint

 

[JohnD]

scraper and hot air gun.

What sort of paint is it?

If it's gloss paint on top of waxy fence stain, it will probably fall off.

If it's Cuprinol Green preservative, it cam be painted or stained.

 

[geraldthehamster]

scraper and hot air gun

I agree, sanding would be a claggy nightmare.

Cheers
Richard

 

[HawkEye244]

That sh1t would come off in 10 minutes with a hot air gun and scraper, it's half way off already. Check toolstation, I bought one there a while ago, cheap and still going strong.

 

[wobs]

If its lead paint, you'd be safer using stripper, which is a pain, but a sensible choice.

Otherwise, its heat guns all the way. I bought a cheapo one from Lidl this year and lasted about 2 minutes. So got a £25 model from Screwfix, which is mich better. Previous to that I had a B&D model which lasted years, but if you stopped after a long use, you had to wait for it to cool before re-starting.

This new one works a treat though.

 

[Bosswhite]

Just take care with the cracks and joins in old woodwork when using a heat gun for paint stripping there is not a lot of difference between them and a Blow Lamp for causing a fire.
Many Insurance companies refuse to insure DIY`s using Heat Guns.

 

[vinn]

Lots of good advice above but in a way its all irrelevant to the garage shown in the photo.

That is a stud framed structure, and the wood siding is supposed to be pinned to the outside edge of the studding - not set like noggins between the studs. You shouldn't be able to see any studs.

The siding is showing beginning decay and wet rot - to cut out the rot and sand off the decay (after removing the paint) would need the siding to be removed from the studding - which might expose more rot in both siding and studding.

Is it worth it?

 

[HawkEye244]

If its lead paint, you'd be safer using stripper, which is a pain, but a sensible choice.

Otherwise, its heat guns all the way. I bought a cheapo one from Lidl this year and lasted about 2 minutes. So got a £25 model from Screwfix, which is mich better. Previous to that I had a B&D model which lasted years, but if you stopped after a long use, you had to wait for it to cool before re-starting.

This new one works a treat though.

In my mums flat I was concerned about stripping the existing skirting paint, I spent a long time trying to find a lead paint tester kit but never found anything. Apparently it was once sold by no longer.

I'm sure there's some bright spark way to find out if a paint contains lead with a few household chemicals or something but never got that far

 

[HawkEye244]

Just take care with the cracks and joins in old woodwork when using a heat gun for paint stripping there is not a lot of difference between them and a Blow Lamp for causing a fire.
Many Insurance companies refuse to insure DIY`s using Heat Guns.

It's hardly as though a normal heat gun is a real fire risk though is it ? Who is ever likely to leave the thing on and trained onto a combustible surface.. although in typing that question I began to see your point