so i have a customer that wants to repaint her house… its a 1400 sf CBS home with a maybe 30 year old paint job… ive always read up on how to not take off paint or damage anything… but now i do want to take off paint. how should i attack it? just break out a 15 or 0 degree tip and go to town?
are you shooting for complete removal or just removal of failed coating that isnt adhered properly?
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well… it looks like parts of the paint are already coming off and i see bare block… so i guess complete removal.
Walk away. Especially if it is old paint with any lead in it
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id love to walk away, but its for a family friend and has cancer, id rather do it for her than someone else taking her to the bank. in fact i wasnt even gonna charge her for my time, as rob anderson says, its my “random act of cleaning kindness” shes a great lady. i know its gonna take time and probably really suck, but as i said, shes a great lady.
also, im pretty sure there will be lead paint involved, its an old house. what precations should i take? should i be full haz mat suit lol
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If its getting re painted I’d just remove whats loose and lease the rest to pant over
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thats what i was thinking… let the painter deal with the spots that bare block are exposed?
There is just no point in removing coating that is adhered. Less to deal with and less possible lead contamination in the area. If its stuck, its stuck.
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There are only two things I like turbo nozzles for paint prep . Something I never really do except for friends. And curbing.
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Painters almost never completely remove paint. Power wash what you can off and scrape/wire brush the rest.
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If you scrape, you will have a hard edge where the peeled paint ends. I don’t know about CBS, but with wood, you typically just feather around the entrance/high traffic areas and call it good.
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I’d add brick mail boxes and the gap under wrought iron fencing that I can reach with the sc
You need to take the lead paint removal course. I checked a few years ago and it generally runs around $1500 and about 40 hours. Make sure to make a coffer dam or plastic container field around the house to assure that no water or paint gets in the grass. Hepa mask while working. Paint chips are considered a haz mat once removed, as is the water. You will need a haz mat and tanker endorsement to haul the water away to a location that will accept it. Medical card for the commercial license. You could probably hire a contractor to do it for under $5k and save yourself a lot of headache. Or just walk away.
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Lead test strips are cheap.
If there is lead. Thank the home owner for the call. Give him a $5 Starbucks card ( his day just got real bad ) and yea … WALK AWAY!
thanks guys, i will get some test strips tomorrow and test it… if lead is involved i may just have to walk away, i didnt think about all the EPA stuff. but if no lead is involved i will grab my turbo nozzle and go to town
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I’m late to the conversation but this is a product my paint rep was always raving about. I saw a company use it (or a similar product) to strip several layers of paint from a historic brick building. I think it’s brilliant.
Unless you enjoy sanding don’t try to strip paint from wood with a pressure washer. Scrape it, if you’re concerned about rough edges use a palm sander, wash to remove mildew and dirt, chaulk and paint
