On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 11:09:17 +0100, none ""Tez\"@(none)" wrote:

| Hi
|
| My yorkshire-stone, terraced house has a wooden front door with a stone
| 'pillar' on each side of the door and a stone slab above the door to
| prevent rain falling on the house owner when he is trying to lock/open
| the front door.
|
| The previous owner has painted both stone 'pillars' with a gloss paint
| to match the colour of the gutters. In places the paint has peeled off,
| in other places a little bit of crumbly stone has burst through the paint.
|
| I would like to remove this paint as I dont think it is good for the
| stone. Can I use a blow torch or should I wait for it to fall off
| naturally? The bottom foot of paint has fallen off but the rest looks
| pretty well stuck on 8(

Painting the dressed Yorkshire stone bits round doors and windows is
traditional in Yorkshire West Riding. I can show you doors which have
been painted for 200 years. Are the other houses doors painted? If so
why not take a wire brush to it and then repaint. Black and White are
traditional colours.

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