Hi

My yorkshire-stone, terraced house has a wooden front door with a stone 
'pillar' on each side of the door and a stone slab above the door to 
prevent rain falling on the house owner when he is trying to lock/open 
the front door.

The previous owner has painted both stone  'pillars' with a gloss paint 
to match the colour of the gutters.  In places the paint has peeled off, 
in other places a little bit of crumbly stone has burst through the paint.

I would like to remove this paint as I dont think it is good for the 
stone.  Can I use a blow torch or should I wait for it to fall off 
naturally?  The bottom foot of paint has fallen off but the rest looks 
pretty well stuck on 8(

On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 11:09:17 +0100, none <""Tez\"@(none)"> wrote:

| Hi
| 
| My yorkshire-stone, terraced house has a wooden front door with a stone 
| 'pillar' on each side of the door and a stone slab above the door to 
| prevent rain falling on the house owner when he is trying to lock/open 
| the front door.
| 
| The previous owner has painted both stone  'pillars' with a gloss paint 
| to match the colour of the gutters.  In places the paint has peeled off, 
| in other places a little bit of crumbly stone has burst through the paint.
| 
| I would like to remove this paint as I dont think it is good for the 
| stone.  Can I use a blow torch or should I wait for it to fall off 
| naturally?  The bottom foot of paint has fallen off but the rest looks 
| pretty well stuck on 8(

Painting the dressed Yorkshire stone bits round doors and windows is
traditional in Yorkshire West Riding.    I can show you doors which have
been painted for 200 years.   Are the other houses doors painted?  If so
why not take a  wire brush to it and then repaint.   Black and White are
traditional colours.

-- 
Dave Fawthrop <dave hyphenologist co uk>
The London suicide bombers killed innocent commuters.
Animal rights terrorists and activists kill innocent patients.

none wrote:

> Hi
> 
> My yorkshire-stone, terraced house has a wooden front door with a stone 
> 'pillar' on each side of the door and a stone slab above the door to 
> prevent rain falling on the house owner when he is trying to lock/open 
> the front door.
> 
> The previous owner has painted both stone  'pillars' with a gloss paint 
> to match the colour of the gutters.  In places the paint has peeled off, 
> in other places a little bit of crumbly stone has burst through the paint.
> 
> I would like to remove this paint as I dont think it is good for the 
> stone.  Can I use a blow torch or should I wait for it to fall off 
> naturally?  The bottom foot of paint has fallen off but the rest looks 
> pretty well stuck on 8(



Gloss should lift easily off stone with a blowtorch but I'd avoid the 
gas type which can "bake" things on and make them more difficult to 
remove. Can you still get paraffin blowtorches other than in antique 
shops?