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.


"jan V"  wrote in message 
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| 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.
|
|

In article <iN0Me.169958$qt4.9620526@phobos.telenet-ops.be>, jan V
 writes

>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)?


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.
-- 
fred

> 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 <LY5Me.170214$R37.9548887@phobos.telenet-ops.be>, 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 ;-)


I'm sure you can get it down to 4hrs with practice ;-), the other 2 options
are pretty much bound to ferk the door.
-- 
fred

Sandblasting will probably take longer than scraping


"fred"  wrote in message news:ToykGMAplQADFwX$@y.z...

> In article <LY5Me.170214$R37.9548887@phobos.telenet-ops.be>, 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 ;-)
>
> I'm sure you can get it down to 4hrs with practice ;-), the other 2 
> options
> are pretty much bound to ferk the door.
> -- 
> fred