Hello,

I want to strip some very old, very flaky paint off my garage fascia
boards. I think there's twenty years of paint on it, so quite a few
layers to remove. Can I use a wire brush, like screwfix #14326, or are
these more for removing paint (or rust) from metal rather than wood?
Would it be too harsh and scratch the wood? Would I be better with a
sander?

There's a little rotten patch in the corner. Is the procedure to
remove as much of the soft wood as possible, treat with a rot
solution, fill and paint?

TIA.

"Fred" wrote in message
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Hello,

I want to strip some very old, very flaky paint off my garage fascia
boards. I think there's twenty years of paint on it, so quite a few
layers to remove. Can I use a wire brush, like screwfix #14326, or are
these more for removing paint (or rust) from metal rather than wood?
Would it be too harsh and scratch the wood? Would I be better with a
sander?

There's a little rotten patch in the corner. Is the procedure to
remove as much of the soft wood as possible, treat with a rot
solution, fill and paint?

TIA.

Be cheaper and easier to just rip the old one of and replace with a new
one,then paint it.

Wire brush on wood is not recommended as it will rough the wood up.

On May 31, 3:44*pm, Fred wrote:
Hello,

I want to strip some very old, very flaky paint off my garage fascia
boards. I think there's twenty years of paint on it, so quite a few
layers to remove. Can I use a wire brush, like screwfix #14326, or are
these more for removing paint (or rust) from metal rather than wood?
Would it be too harsh and scratch the wood? Would I be better with a
sander?

There's a little rotten patch in the corner. Is the procedure to
remove as much of the soft wood as possible, treat with a rot
solution, fill and paint?

TIA.

UPVC facias quick and never needs painting again.
I hate painting.

wrote:
On May 31, 3:44 pm, Fred wrote:
Hello,

I want to strip some very old, very flaky paint off my garage fascia
boards. I think there's twenty years of paint on it, so quite a few
layers to remove. Can I use a wire brush, like screwfix #14326, or
are these more for removing paint (or rust) from metal rather than
wood? Would it be too harsh and scratch the wood? Would I be better
with a sander?

There's a little rotten patch in the corner. Is the procedure to
remove as much of the soft wood as possible, treat with a rot
solution, fill and paint?

TIA.

UPVC facias quick and never needs painting again.
I hate painting.

Yup, rip it out & replace with UPVC, much cheaper in the long run.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On May 31, 3:44*pm, Fred wrote:
Hello,

I want to strip some very old, very flaky paint off my garage fascia
boards. I think there's twenty years of paint on it, so quite a few
layers to remove. Can I use a wire brush, like screwfix #14326, or are
these more for removing paint (or rust) from metal rather than wood?
Would it be too harsh and scratch the wood? Would I be better with a
sander?

A wire brush will leave the surface of the wood looking very uneven a
bit like driftwood.

A hot air gun and *sharp* scraper should work quite well for paint
removal.

I did something similar to this last year, took the wood off and
*carefully* sanded back to bare wood with a P60 'zirconium' fibre disc
(NOT flap wheel) in an angle grinder, very messy but quick!

Once the paint is off a random orbital sander or belt sander and fine
belt can be used to prepare the wood for painting.

There's a little rotten patch in the corner. Is the procedure to
remove as much of the soft wood as possible, treat with a rot
solution, fill and paint?

Yes, you can also put some small brass or stainless screws in the hole
to help the filler hold too.

For a garage facia where appearance isn't everything, Sadolin Superdec
could be worth a look:

http://www.sadolin.co.uk/homeowner/products/garden/
superdecopaquewoodprotection/description

cheers,
Pete.