Dave Liquorice wrote:
What would be the best method to get white emulsion off rough split
sandstone and the mortar (cement not lime) joints? The wanted end
result being visible clean stone and mortar. There is only about 1 sq
metre to do, indoors.

Thinking of a steam cleaner to soften the paint but how to remove the
softened paint totally from the gain of the stone? Indoors, so
sloshing lots of water about isn't on.

Mechanical with a needle gun?

Any other ideas?


I use something called Enviromose for stripping emulsion (it's one of
these benzyl alcohol strippers). It's still a pain to scrape off, but
it softens it up very nicely. If I want to remove all traces, I'll
follow it up with acetone.