Removing varnish from door (to paint it)

[jackmcc17]

Hello, we have 8 of these doors overall, and I would like to remove the varnish in order to repaint it accordingly, is there a quick and somewhat quiet way to remove it?

 

[jackmcc17]

Hello, we have 8 of these doors overall, and I would like to remove the varnish in order to repaint it accordingly, is there a quick and somewhat quiet way to remove it?

 

[Wayners]

180 grade sand then clean with meths. Zinsser BIN one coat with a mini form roller as an adhesion primer.
2 waterbased undercoats then your top coats

 

[jackmcc17]

Am I able to apply varnish stripper and scrape it off? It is plywood.

 

[foxhole]

Seems a pointless task when it can be painted over .

 

[blup]

Hand sanding is probably the quietest, but very labour intensive so you could use a rotary orbital sander with suitable grit paper and dust extraction. I have never got good results with a heat gun but that and varnish stripper are the other two options, be aware that strippers are much weaker than they used to be for environmental reasons.

 

[Wayners]

FYI/everyone @blup

Paint striper bought in 5+lt is the good stuff I heard.
Under 5lt is naff for DIY market

 

[sparkwright]

Just sand it down by hand.

What, worried it will take too long?

Then do it quickly.

The finest piece of advice ever given to me.

How I didn't throttle him, I'll never know...