How do I remove gloss paint from my stone dooryway?
 

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(

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.

--
Dave Fawthrop dave hyphenologist co uk
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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(


Gloss should lift easily off stone with a blowtorch but I'd avoid the
gas type which can "bake" things on and make them more difficult to
remove. Can you still get paraffin blowtorches other than in antique
shops?