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Hi Just a note to say thank you to all the above for your help and advice, I have spent a good few days working on the doors and they are looking great!.regards G

Burning and sanding the paint from these doors will take some time the first door apart from a little bit of filling looks to be in good nick for its age. Would you strip all the doors first or do each one at a time prep and undercoat before moving on to the next.Thank you G

Yes correct, and thanks for the following remarks 10/4 thank you.

Thank you for all for the above, My plan of action is to burn off,sand ,filler,prime undercoat and gloss.when I have done I will post the results. thank you all very much kind regards.g

Do you think I could get away with just sanding these parts? Uploaded with ImageShack.us

The question is would you strip to bare wood or just the areas that are peeling? for get about the lead issue now thats sorted was painted in the 70s and 80s was stirpped bare then.regards

Hi John around 1930s Uploaded with ImageShack.us So what the best plan of action to take here then? Uploaded with ImageShack.us These pictures give a better Idea of what needs to be done.Thanks g

As I was saying about being concernd about they may be lead painted, Well I have been informed there not and have been painted many times before I will report back with pics soon.regards G ps The nags have long since bolted :D

Well what started off as useful advice went off track a little. Any way I do value all points and am happy I asked you for the advice. I will take some pictures and post them mid week as thats when I am next there it will give you more of an idea of my project and what I am up against.Thank...

Thank you I have since had a bit of a read on leaded paint and yes I think I should get a test kit and get it checked out,If its not lead based then I am laughing if it is then its a whole new ball game and looks to be a right pain :(

I think using a chemical stripper is ok but I would need gallons of the stuff and would cost a fortune. I think burning would be better and don't you think theres to much hype on H&S here? it was not that long since we had leaded petrol and we must have burned a few ton of that over many...

I have to repaint some very old wood doors the paint is well faded weatherd and cracking. I have an idea of the preperation needed but are there other things I need to know about? I know the old paint may have lead in it and due to the size and there are 6 doors I was going to use a heat gun...

OOPs I screwed up big time! On futher investigation the trip as gone on the outside patio lights which opperate from a time switch. there are 8 lamps and I have disconected all of them,so the fault must be between the first lamp and the time clock. I am looking now for the box that would go...

Thank you for you all for the advice,I will have look in the morning and I think the best bet is to disconect all the little feature spots as I suspect that the damp at got in some of these and one of them may be cousing the fault,If after there all disconected the trip should stay on. I will...

Hi Thank you for you fast reply,I flicked the RCD switch and it just switchs off,there are also 5 or 6 small feature spot lamps on the same switch, I have had a look in side the lamps and a few are damp and coverd in white dust like powder looks like the damp as been in big time,Could this be...

The RCD tripped on the outside security Halogen spots I think becouse the bulbs blown and the lamps way to high up for me to check the bulb. My question is do I have to replace the bulb before I can flip the switch back on the RCD in order to get the other lights on?Regards Gaz