Stripping Paint From Wood Trim

Before stripping it it s very important to test for the presence of lead.

Stripping paint from wood trim.

Ask this old house painter mauro henrique travels to sacramento to show a homeowner the safe way to strip paint. Remove paint from trim and molding use this handy guide and an even handier tool to restore the clean lines of wood trim that has been gunked up by layers of paint jobs from decades past. Subscribe to this old house. If however you don t plan on repainting the object but prefer instead to show off the wood grain underneath or stain it at most then you re going to have to remove every last drop of old paint.

This wood stripper is an orange gel best on furniture details and flat surfaces since it is thin. 30 minutes to 24 hours removal. A inch coat removes up to seven layers of paint. I am stripping paint from a 1906 house that has a nice dark oak stained finish under the paint.

Much is coming of easily with the heat gun but while stripping the door today when i reached the center panels craftsman door it stopped working. Unless the trim is particularly unique you may be better off removing it and replacing it with new matching trim.