Removing adhesive from wood and slate

[DavidH1983]

Hi all,

First time poster so please bear with me.

My girlfriend and I have just purchased our first home in South East London. A mid terraced 1900s property with some lovely features. The house is in liveable condition but really needs quite a bit of work to bring it up to standard.

One of our first jobs is to tackle the working fireplace. see pic 1. After clawing out what seemed to be a tonne of stone and soil(?) I attempted to take off the rails surrounding the slate (pic 2).

I have managed to sand and carefully chisel away the majority of the sealant but it is though going (pic 3).

I don't want to cause any damage to the slate or surrounding wood but this stuff is so stubborn. It's almost rubber in texture and is a real pain. Are there any solvents I could use to try and devolve it or at least make it easier to get off? I've included a last picture which shows a closeup of what I'm dealing with.

Thank you in advance.

David

 

[jj4091]

Not knowing exactly what it is makes it difficult, but this may remove it http://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-sealant-remover-100ml/88987

 

[DavidH1983]

Thank you for the reply. I'll give this a shot.

 

[lostinthelight]

In case you don't know, your stove is a Yeoman Devon high canopy .litl

 

[DavidH1983]

Thank you. I knew it was a Yeoman but wasn't sure on the particular model. I may toy with the idea of removing it and restoring. We will see. Plenty of other things to be doing around the house at the moment.