On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:31:18 +0100, "The Medway Handyman"
wibbled:

Tim Watts wrote:
On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:18:08 +0100, "Dave Liquorice"
wibbled:

Need to repaint the outside of the house, the old masonary paint is
flaking off, though some bits are still sound. Manually scraping or
wire brushing two windowless, 8m wide, two storey gable ends and
another 10m wall doesn't appeal...

I'm thinking that a compressed air driven needle gun is the way to go
but not sure how vicious (or not) such a device is. The substrate is
stone and the pointing may well need looking at and chasing out in
places before repainting.

So is the needle gun a good idea or is there something better out
there?

Would a pressure washer work?

Even a big bugger would only take the flakey stuff off.

Isn't that's all that's needed - he's repainting it?

As you're the man, can you get extra long lances on the for-hire big
machines for this sort of job?

I live in an old bolloxed house, but at least the walls aren't rendered
or painted - I think that's one job I'd hate more than anything...



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