Hi,
I've got this old, heavy front door with numerous layers of paint, and I want to repaint the door.
Instead of messing around with stripper, or mechanical sanders, I'm thinking of taking the door off and letting a sandblasting company go crazy on it.
Has anyone done this before? Is it a good idea or a bad idea (I guess the treatment could be TOO aggressive)?
Cheers.
Have you investigated getting it dipped.
In article , jan V writes
I'd suggest using a hot air gun and scraper to remove the multiple layers and paint stripper to remove any remaining residue, it's a really quick combination and is far less aggressive than either sandblasting or tanking.
I did exactly what you suggest with another door.. and it took ages. Probably near 6-7 hours in total. Just to get the old paint off. If I was a pensioner with oodles of time maybe that would acceptable, but I'm not, so it's not ;-)
In article , jan V writes
I'm sure you can get it down to 4hrs with practice ;-), the other 2 options are pretty much bound to ferk the door.
Sandblasting will probably take longer than scraping
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