Not what you might think though. These strippers were environmentally friendly and were being tested on our exterior weatherboards to see which one worked the best before we bought large amounts to remove many layers of paint.
We trialled three different strippers.
Peel Away, a product that you layer on and then cover with a plastic sheeting. [...]
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The stripper saga continues!
After trying various strippers I came across a different kind of stripper from Sweden. A redhead in fact.
It is called a Speedheater and uses two infrared elements to heat up the paint. Invented in Sweden it is designed to not heat the paint enough to release the plumbic gas which is given [...]
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My lovely swedish stripper’s tale is ongoing. I have started to strip a section of the front of the house and it is saving alot of time. With the rail set up it is very easy to use on long runs of weatherboard. While one section is heating I strip the one that has just [...]
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Well finally I have finished stripping the first section of the house. I had to use a heat gun on the corners and under the eves. The I-Strip worked really well on the long runs. Being on rails it could heat up a section whilst I was scraping the area that had just been heated. [...]
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