On Fri, 14 May 2021 17:34:40 +0100, Fredxx
wrote:

On 14/05/2021 16:58, Mike Halmarack wrote:
On Fri, 14 May 2021 16:37:48 +0100, Chris Bacon
wrote:

On 14/05/2021 16:27, Mike Halmarack wrote:
I have lots of door linings and simple bull nosed architrave
covered in paint. In my younger days I've resorted to stripper,
scrapers and sanding but I don't have quite the stamina for that these
days.
I'm considering the situation as an excuse to buy a cordless planer,
I see that the blades aren't too pricey.
Is planing going to be the most sensible approach to the problem?

Is it worth doing though? For that sort of thing I use a gas torch and a
shave hook.

I've done a lot of that in the past too. I don't like the fumes, or
wearing a respirator much and I've got a yen for a planer. I suppose
my question is really, will a planer do it?

Any power tool with paint seems to be an issue through the melting of
the paint and it sticking like the proverbial.

Whether this applies to a planer cutting through paint, someone here may
have tried it?

What's wrong with paint stripping companies, or they too expensive?

I've heard of people making their own caustic paint-stripper using
caustic soda and wallpaper paste to thicken up the mixture with mixed
results

It all sounds like hard work to me.

That's something else I'm keen on minimising these days.
--

Mike