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Removing bitumen (?) paint from bricks
Hi, I've built an extension and an outside wall is now inside. I want
to paint the wall white. The wall has been painted by the previous owners with some thick black bitumen paint. Trying to remove some using a wire brush on a drill or a 4" grinder does remove some of it but leaves a smear that can be removed quite well with a rag and some petrol! There is a quite alot of this wall so: do I need to remove this stuffbefore painting? if I do, is there a quicker/better way than wire brushing? Thank you |
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Hi, I've built an extension and an outside wall is now inside. I want to paint the wall white. The wall has been painted by the previous owners with some thick black bitumen paint. Trying to remove some using a wire brush on a drill or a 4" grinder does remove some of it but leaves a smear that can be removed quite well with a rag and some petrol! There is a quite alot of this wall so: do I need to remove this stuffbefore painting? if I do, is there a quicker/better way than wire brushing? Thank you Job from hell. Nitromors type strippers work well, and aren't that dear if you buy in bulk from a trade supplier, but the fumes will kill you indoors. ISTR that pliolite paints have reasonable adhesion to bitumen but you'd need to check with http://www.johnstonestrade.com/ or similar. |
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On 3 Aug, 10:36, nafuk wrote:
Hi, I've built an extension and an outside wall is now inside. I want to paint the wall white. The wall has been painted by the previous owners with some thick black bitumen paint. Trying to remove some using a wire brush on a drill or a 4" grinder does remove some of it but leaves a smear that can be removed quite well with a rag and some petrol! There is a quite alot of this wall so: do I need to remove this stuffbefore painting? if I do, is there a quicker/better way than wire brushing? Thank you Almost nothing sticks to bitumen, so you need to either remove it or blind it. Paraffin dissolves it, so if you can wipe it off ok then paraffin's your thing. NT |
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"nafuk" wrote in message ups.com... Hi, I've built an extension and an outside wall is now inside. I want to paint the wall white. The wall has been painted by the previous owners with some thick black bitumen paint. Trying to remove some using a wire brush on a drill or a 4" grinder does remove some of it but leaves a smear that can be removed quite well with a rag and some petrol! There is a quite alot of this wall so: do I need to remove this stuffbefore painting? if I do, is there a quicker/better way than wire brushing? Thank you Coat the stuff in paraffin and immediatly use a power washer on it,you might have to repeat the process a couple of times but it takes the pain out of doing it rigoressly. |
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George wrote:
"nafuk" wrote in message ups.com... Hi, I've built an extension and an outside wall is now inside. I want to paint the wall white. The wall has been painted by the previous owners with some thick black bitumen paint. Trying to remove some using a wire brush on a drill or a 4" grinder does remove some of it but leaves a smear that can be removed quite well with a rag and some petrol! There is a quite alot of this wall so: do I need to remove this stuffbefore painting? if I do, is there a quicker/better way than wire brushing? Thank you Coat the stuff in paraffin and immediatly use a power washer on it,you might have to repeat the process a couple of times but it takes the pain out of doing it rigoressly. Should be fun indoors |
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"Stuart Noble" wrote in message ... George wrote: "nafuk" wrote in message ups.com... Hi, I've built an extension and an outside wall is now inside. I want to paint the wall white. The wall has been painted by the previous owners with some thick black bitumen paint. Trying to remove some using a wire brush on a drill or a 4" grinder does remove some of it but leaves a smear that can be removed quite well with a rag and some petrol! There is a quite alot of this wall so: do I need to remove this stuffbefore painting? if I do, is there a quicker/better way than wire brushing? Thank you Coat the stuff in paraffin and immediatly use a power washer on it,you might have to repeat the process a couple of times but it takes the pain out of doing it rigoressly. Should be fun indoors I'm going on the assumption of as he has just built the extension it will be still the barebones of concrete floor and bricks and mortar. :-P |
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George wrote:
"Stuart Noble" wrote in message ... George wrote: "nafuk" wrote in message ups.com... Hi, I've built an extension and an outside wall is now inside. I want to paint the wall white. The wall has been painted by the previous owners with some thick black bitumen paint. Trying to remove some using a wire brush on a drill or a 4" grinder does remove some of it but leaves a smear that can be removed quite well with a rag and some petrol! There is a quite alot of this wall so: do I need to remove this stuffbefore painting? if I do, is there a quicker/better way than wire brushing? Thank you Coat the stuff in paraffin and immediatly use a power washer on it,you might have to repeat the process a couple of times but it takes the pain out of doing it rigoressly. Should be fun indoors I'm going on the assumption of as he has just built the extension it will be still the barebones of concrete floor and bricks and mortar. :-P Hope so. It's going to get quite messy by the sound of it :-) I once stripped a whole gable end wall with paint stripper (15 litres in all IIRC), which was much faster and easier than I thought. The paint came off cleanly in 4" strips and could just be swept up dry at the end of the day. |
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On 3 Aug, 19:39, Stuart Noble wrote:
George wrote: "Stuart Noble" wrote in message ... George wrote: "nafuk" wrote in message groups.com... Hi, I've built an extension and an outside wall is now inside. I want to paint the wall white. The wall has been painted by the previous owners with some thick black bitumen paint. Trying to remove some using a wire brush on a drill or a 4" grinder does remove some of it but leaves a smear that can be removed quite well with a rag and some petrol! There is a quite alot of this wall so: do I need to remove this stuffbefore painting? if I do, is there a quicker/better way than wire brushing? Thank you Coat the stuff in paraffin and immediatly use a power washer on it,you might have to repeat the process a couple of times but it takes the pain out of doing it rigoressly. Should be fun indoors I'm going on the assumption of as he has just built the extension it will be still the barebones of concrete floor and bricks and mortar. :-P Hope so. It's going to get quite messy by the sound of it :-) I once stripped a whole gable end wall with paint stripper (15 litres in all IIRC), which was much faster and easier than I thought. The paint came off cleanly in 4" strips and could just be swept up dry at the end of the day. Thank you for the replies. It is still bare bones. Does anyone know if there is a paint stripper that will deal with bitumen paint? Otherwise it the angle grinder wire brush and paraffin, and a lot of time. Cheers |
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On 3 Aug, 19:39, Stuart Noble wrote: George wrote: "Stuart Noble" wrote in message ... George wrote: "nafuk" wrote in message ups.com... Hi, I've built an extension and an outside wall is now inside. I want to paint the wall white. The wall has been painted by the previous owners with some thick black bitumen paint. Trying to remove some using a wire brush on a drill or a 4" grinder does remove some of it but leaves a smear that can be removed quite well with a rag and some petrol! There is a quite alot of this wall so: do I need to remove this stuffbefore painting? if I do, is there a quicker/better way than wire brushing? Thank you Coat the stuff in paraffin and immediatly use a power washer on it,you might have to repeat the process a couple of times but it takes the pain out of doing it rigoressly. Should be fun indoors I'm going on the assumption of as he has just built the extension it will be still the barebones of concrete floor and bricks and mortar. :-P Hope so. It's going to get quite messy by the sound of it :-) I once stripped a whole gable end wall with paint stripper (15 litres in all IIRC), which was much faster and easier than I thought. The paint came off cleanly in 4" strips and could just be swept up dry at the end of the day. Thank you for the replies. It is still bare bones. Does anyone know if there is a paint stripper that will deal with bitumen paint? Otherwise it the angle grinder wire brush and paraffin, and a lot of time. Cheers Any stripper in a metal can should do it. Whether it will lift in quite the same way paint does I'm not sure. Get a small can from one of the sheds and try it. |
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nafuk wrote:
On 3 Aug, 19:39, Stuart Noble wrote: George wrote: "Stuart Noble" wrote in message ... George wrote: "nafuk" wrote in message ups.com... Hi, I've built an extension and an outside wall is now inside. I want to paint the wall white. The wall has been painted by the previous owners with some thick black bitumen paint. Trying to remove some using a wire brush on a drill or a 4" grinder does remove some of it but leaves a smear that can be removed quite well with a rag and some petrol! There is a quite alot of this wall so: do I need to remove this stuffbefore painting? if I do, is there a quicker/better way than wire brushing? Thank you Coat the stuff in paraffin and immediatly use a power washer on it,you might have to repeat the process a couple of times but it takes the pain out of doing it rigoressly. Should be fun indoors I'm going on the assumption of as he has just built the extension it will be still the barebones of concrete floor and bricks and mortar. :-P Hope so. It's going to get quite messy by the sound of it :-) I once stripped a whole gable end wall with paint stripper (15 litres in all IIRC), which was much faster and easier than I thought. The paint came off cleanly in 4" strips and could just be swept up dry at the end of the day. Thank you for the replies. It is still bare bones. Does anyone know if there is a paint stripper that will deal with bitumen paint? Otherwise it the angle grinder wire brush and paraffin, and a lot of time. Cheers Pressure washer? |
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replying to nafuk, plasterken wrote:
diesel oil melts it, then use low odour white spirits to mop up ( when diesel is spilt on roads it turns it to sugar effect a0 -- for full context, visit http://www.homeownershub.com/uk-diy/...ks-414302-.htm |
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On Friday, 3 August 2007 10:36:09 UTC+1, nafuk wrote:
Hi, I've built an extension and an outside wall is now inside. I want to paint the wall white. The wall has been painted by the previous owners with some thick black bitumen paint. Trying to remove some using a wire brush on a drill or a 4" grinder does remove some of it but leaves a smear that can be removed quite well with a rag and some petrol! There is a quite alot of this wall so: do I need to remove this stuffbefore painting? if I do, is there a quicker/better way than wire brushing? Thank you Hire a sand blaster. |
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On Wednesday, 17 August 2016 01:14:03 UTC+1, plasterken wrote:
replying to nafuk, plasterken wrote: diesel oil melts it, then use low odour white spirits to mop up ( when diesel is spilt on roads it turns it to sugar effect a0 I suspect after 9 years he wouldn't need this advice. Do yourself a favour: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/Home_owners_hub NT |
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replying to tabbypurr, Heather wrote:
No but I did thanks -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/uk-diy...ks-414302-.htm |
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Good old home shower fclub foot and its lack of quoting and dodgy dating strikes again. Brian -- ----- - This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please! "Heather" m wrote in message ... replying to tabbypurr, Heather wrote: No but I did thanks -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/uk-diy...ks-414302-.htm |
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On Thursday, 31 August 2017 17:14:06 UTC+1, Heather wrote:
replying to tabbypurr, Heather wrote: No but I did thanks This is uk.d-i-y. Get here via a sane portal, for your own sake. NT |
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replying to Stuart Noble, Ami wrote:
What kind of paint stripper did you use please? -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/uk-diy...ks-414302-.htm |
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