I have a wooden garden seat with cast iron ends. The ends have been
painted many times, but are now in a sorry state. The best approach
would be to strip all the paint off and start again.

(This brought back memories of when ah were a lad, when we would tek us
cast iron bits to t' foundry, slip t'foreman 'alf a crown, and he would
dunk t'bits into summat, and they would emerge as bright as a new pin).

In the absence of a local foundry, any ideas for stripping off the
paint? Nitromors? Something else?

--
Ian

Ian wrote:
In the absence of a local foundry, any ideas for stripping off the
paint? Nitromors? Something else?


Electrolysis in a caustic solution? (random guess, no experience)

--
Adrian C

Ian wrote:
I have a wooden garden seat with cast iron ends. The ends have been
painted many times, but are now in a sorry state. The best approach
would be to strip all the paint off and start again.

(This brought back memories of when ah were a lad, when we would tek
us cast iron bits to t' foundry, slip t'foreman 'alf a crown, and he
would dunk t'bits into summat, and they would emerge as bright as a
new pin).
In the absence of a local foundry, any ideas for stripping off the
paint? Nitromors? Something else?

Stick 'em on top of a bonfire for a few hours, remembering to allow slow
cooling?



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turns out to be linked to other offences

On Oct 3, 1:51*pm, Ian wrote:

I have a wooden garden seat with cast iron ends. The ends have been
painted many times, but are now in a sorry state. The best approach
would be to strip all the paint off and start again.

(This brought back memories of when ah were a lad, when we would tek us
cast iron bits to t' foundry, slip t'foreman 'alf a crown, and he would
dunk t'bits into summat, and they would emerge as bright as a new pin).

In the absence of a local foundry, any ideas for stripping off the
paint? Nitromors? Something else?

If youre not willing to use paint striper, the primary cheap
alternative is a mild solution of caustic soda in wallpaper paste. It
only attacks some paint types though, and I've little idea what's on
your metalwork.

There's also a rotary wire brush, but I wouldnt normally want to put
that much work into something that wont save you a bean. As has been
said, charring the paint would make it come off easier - but would
mean it all had to come off then.


NT

wrote:
On Oct 3, 1:51 pm, Ian wrote:

I have a wooden garden seat with cast iron ends. The ends have been
painted many times, but are now in a sorry state. The best approach
would be to strip all the paint off and start again.

(This brought back memories of when ah were a lad, when we would tek us
cast iron bits to t' foundry, slip t'foreman 'alf a crown, and he would
dunk t'bits into summat, and they would emerge as bright as a new pin).

In the absence of a local foundry, any ideas for stripping off the
paint? Nitromors? Something else?

If youre not willing to use paint striper, the primary cheap
alternative is a mild solution of caustic soda in wallpaper paste. It
only attacks some paint types though, and I've little idea what's on
your metalwork.

There's also a rotary wire brush, but I wouldnt normally want to put
that much work into something that wont save you a bean. As has been
said, charring the paint would make it come off easier - but would
mean it all had to come off then.


NT

I know you said cast iron, but some of the newer seat have ends from
cast ally which when painted can look like iron. Please don't be
offended if you know the difference, but caustic soda will attack the ally.