Stripping Paint From Wood Trim

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.

Stripping paint from wood trim.

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. 30 minutes to 24 hours removal. Scrape off the paint with a plastic scraper and use an abrasive pad and mineral spirits to remove any lingering residue.

Ask this old house painter mauro henrique travels to sacramento to show a homeowner the safe way to strip paint. This wood stripper is an orange gel best on furniture details and flat surfaces since it is thin. Unless the trim is particularly unique you may be better off removing it and replacing it with new matching trim. Paint applied before 1978 may contain lead.

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.