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The3rd Earl Of Derby

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The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
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I use a "heat gun", i.e. like a very hot hairdryer. ...

IME useless outdoors and useless on thick, old paint. I use a large

Not my experience.

burner on a flexible hose, fed from a small (7.5kg?) propane bottle.

Colin Bignell

Correct,the heat gun will burn out in no time at all.

Not so. My B&D is still going strong after 20 years.

Try using it on an hourly basis,you cant start a job of stripping paint and
have a blow for ten minutes at a time for the gun to cooldown.

Be there all day.

Torch and propane is the what the external painters use.

Probably because its more convenient that having long leads trailing
about. Or they're just set in they're ways.

Nothing to do with the fact that electricity might not be available at
certain jobs? :-)

MBQ

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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite