I have just started looking online for a propane torch and cannot decide what it is that I need. There are too many options for me to absorb quickly and I want to buy this tomorrow so that I can get on with the job of burning off about 20 square metres of old masonry paint. There's propane, butane, mapp, is a roofers torch too much? and what about bottle sizes and different types of thread. It would be so much easier if someone just told me what to get. In the meantime I will carry on browsing. Thanks Brendan.

I don't think you will find a propane torch much good on masonry paint. Or indeed any sort of torch. What is the substrate? Render, brick, blockwork, stone?

Which propane torch for burning off paint?

Aug 04, 2017 21 Replies

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Harry Bloomfield 8 years ago

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Rednadnerb 8 years ago

I managed to get a full tank of propane from ebay and bought the regulator, pipe and torch from Toolstation. I have been using it today and it is just the job. All that is holding me back is the speed at which I can scrape.

Thanks all.

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