Using the heat gun lasted approximately 30 minutes. I honestly do not know why it is so hard to use the heat gun on the beams. The paint just does not want to budge. I have to hold the heat gun in one place about 30 seconds and then can only scrape about 1/2 inch at a time.... I risk burning the wood this way, so resorted to Citri-Strip. I love this stuff for walls, furniture, etc, but not so much in high places. It took about 3 hours to get this much done: Using a liquid stripper is a nasty job and the clean-up takes way longer. Old varnish is gooey and gross and drips down onto everything. With a heat gun, all you need is a broom and dust pan when it comes to cleaning up. With liquid stripper, you have to scrape, wipe, lather on more stripper, scrape, wipe, clean with a gazillion rags, wipe down with afterwash. Even though the clean up is more time consuming, the wood is much prettier afterwards. And the citrusy smell is so pleasing to the nostrils compared to ...
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ReplyDeleteGlad to see your up and running again. We need some Old Brick house updates missy. Hows settling in going?
ReplyDeleteI thought you were holed up until Comcast got its act together :-) I did try to send you email about the comments, but they bounced it with something like account not active.
ReplyDeleteThat duck costume is so adorable :-)