DavidD wrote:

Morning

We have a C17th house, lots of exposed beams etc. In one room they have all
been painted black and I was wondering what our options are regardign
stripping or recolouring them.

I don't really like the idea old stripping as there are lots of stripped
beams in other bits of the house and was wondering about painting them off
white with some sort of olde worldy lime wash or something.

How out of charachter is this? It is not as if I'm going to shove gloss
paint on them.

Any thoughts or ideas on stipping if we decide to go that way?



get them blasted with calcium carbonate, and then coat em with danish oil.

Makes a ****ing mess, you need to ape up every crevice with poly sheet,
but its the answer to cruddy beams.

I wouldn't paint meself, cos I like to look at wood grain. Just a small
pervy tic really :-)


TIA

David