I'm just doing some research into some renovation work.
My property is about 1920's - not particularly old. The original door and surround is still in place. The door and surround have a number of stained glass windows and i'd like to get them encapsulated and make the door a feature - rather than rip it out and replace it with a modern uPVC style door.
The key issue I have is I'm not sure how to remove the paint?
Removing the door and getting it dipped would be straightforward but removing the surround wouldn't be, and would probably result in damage to the surround and worse the original plaster coving above.
I don't think it would be easy to clean the door using sand paper as there are two many bevels and features. I'm concerned that in removing the paint I'd make a mess of the underlying details.
I've tried using chemicals before on some skirting board elsewhere in the house and didn't find that particularly successful... you still need to sand the boards down afterwards.... I ended up going back to using a heat gun, and sand paper.
Is there another way of removing paint without damaging the underlying wood?
any help appreciated
Ian
My property is about 1920's - not particularly old. The original door and surround is still in place. The door and surround have a number of stained glass windows and i'd like to get them encapsulated and make the door a feature - rather than rip it out and replace it with a modern uPVC style door.
The key issue I have is I'm not sure how to remove the paint?
Removing the door and getting it dipped would be straightforward but removing the surround wouldn't be, and would probably result in damage to the surround and worse the original plaster coving above.
I don't think it would be easy to clean the door using sand paper as there are two many bevels and features. I'm concerned that in removing the paint I'd make a mess of the underlying details.
I've tried using chemicals before on some skirting board elsewhere in the house and didn't find that particularly successful... you still need to sand the boards down afterwards.... I ended up going back to using a heat gun, and sand paper.
Is there another way of removing paint without damaging the underlying wood?
any help appreciated
Ian