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    Peelaway - what next?

    I've got a front door that's covered in lead based paint. There were multiple layers. I used Peelaway 1 but there is quite a bit of residue left and bits where the last layer of paint hasn't shifted. I've attached some before and after pics. What next? Should I add another layer of the stuff...
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    Garage wall paint removal and tanking

    Hi all, I have a detached garage built with single skin breeze/concrete blocks. The driveway slopes down so the garage below the adjacent roadway. When it rains, water seeps through the bricks below the DPM (which is about 700mm from the garage floor). There is a lot of water and results in a...
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    Exterior paint removal fail - What next?

    So I had some grand ideas to return my home to its former brick faced glory by removing the exterior pain which has been built up over 120 years. Initial trials with a DOFF system looked very promising but unfortunately it turns out that we just got lucky (or unlucky) with the trial patches and...
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    Wooden beam remove paint in cracks

    I am trying to remove white paint from wooden beams (sanding and paint stripper) but there are so many cracks in the wood that I just can't get the paint out of. Any ideas? I could use epoxy but I think I would end up filling a large amount of the beam as it is covered in cracks. Could I...
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    Stripping stair paint with a heatgun? (tricky to remove substance, lead paint?)

    Image of partially stripped step below. I'm very new to DIY so apologies in advance for any silly questions. I am using a heatgun (350c) and ffp3 cheap mask (£5). I plan on painting over once stripped. The step (for example central section back) has very tricky to strip small parts of paint, ...
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