Robert11 wrote:
Hello:

Will be purchasing a house that when they repainted it a few years
back apparently got a little careless and got paint on the house
foundation walls, right
below the wood siding. Would like to "clean it up".

Don't want to make anything worse.

Is there a good way of removing the paint; thought of a powerful
paint solvent, but am a bit afraid the now diluted paint would just
spread.
Also, with the concrete being so rough, have real doubts that a
solvent would work well.
Really don't know, though.

How about a sandblaster ?

Don't know if latex or oil based.
Would the answer be different for each ?
Pros and cons for this approach ?

Any thoughts would be most appreciated.

Thanks,
Bob

Start with paint remover. Get some of the really thick stuff. I think
some comes with a sort of cloth you put over it, leave it work then pull it
off.

That will get most of it off. Next step is sand blasting. You may be
able to get by with as small sand blaster, but watch out, you may end up
blasting the entire foundation because now you have some very evident clean
spots.

Another approach is to use a water soluble paint remover and then follow
up with a pressure washer.

Good Luck

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Joseph Meehan

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