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  1. 16th April 2016, 11:33 PM #1
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    Default Trying to Strip Weird Paint

    Hi,
    i am trying to strip back a 1930s kitchen dresser to bare timber. The first layers were easy enough and i got them off with a heat gun and paint strpper in the difficult parts. Now i have hit a very tough layer of matt beige paint, which will not shift with anything other than a sanding disc. This is SLOW and impossible in the difficult corners and ornamrntations. Any idea what it might be, and what might shift it? I dont think it is kalsomine.
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  3. 17th April 2016, 11:36 AM #2
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    the paint is probably lead based
    I suggest you try one of the environmentally very unfriendly paint strippers
    regards from Alberta, Canada

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    If it is a flat surface, plenty of paint stripper as mentioned above, and scraper blade on an oscillating tool. Has worked a charm on hard to remove varnish for me.
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  5. 23rd April 2016, 06:38 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by ian View Post
    the paint is probably lead based
    I suggest you try one of the environmentally very unfriendly paint strippers
    Thanks - oh dear i have probably half poisoned myself if it is lead. Greetings from Oz.
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