Any suggestions for removing red door step paint?

Fiona Reid

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Jun 6, 2004, 10:16:50 AM6/6/04

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Any suggestions for removing red door step paint?
We've tried paint stripper + wire brush and a power
sander so far but there is still a large amount of
paint stuck to the door step.

Many thanks,

Fiona Reid

Grunff

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Jun 6, 2004, 2:26:14 PM6/6/04

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Fiona Reid wrote:
> Any suggestions for removing red door step paint?
> We've tried paint stripper + wire brush and a power
> sander so far but there is still a large amount of
> paint stuck to the door step.

What's the door step made of? Concrete? Wood? Something else?

Something which will definitely remove the paint is a wire brush in an
angle grinder - infinitely more effective than a wire brush on a drill.
But it may damage the underlying surface, hence my question.

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N. Thornton

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Jun 6, 2004, 2:37:22 PM6/6/04

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"Fiona Reid" <fiona...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<mHFwc.1392$tf5.15...@news-text.cableinet.net>...

whatever you do, dont tell us what the doorsteps made of.

Mike Watson

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Jun 6, 2004, 3:47:31 PM6/6/04

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Its concrete (I live in the same house!)

Grunff

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Jun 6, 2004, 4:00:33 PM6/6/04

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Mike Watson wrote:

> Its concrete (I live in the same house!)

Then a wire brush in an angle grinder.

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Pete C

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Jun 6, 2004, 4:24:59 PM6/6/04

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Hi,

What's the doorstep made out of? Also might be worth trying a
blowtorch or paint stripper followed up by scraping or a pressure
wash.

cheers,
Pete

Andy Hall

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Jun 6, 2004, 4:38:18 PM6/6/04

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On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 21:24:59 +0100, Pete C <pe...@not.my.real.address>
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But not together.... some paint strippers are flammable....

.andy

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Grunff

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Jun 6, 2004, 4:41:44 PM6/6/04

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Andy Hall wrote:

>>What's the doorstep made out of? Also might be worth trying a
>>blowtorch or paint stripper followed up by scraping or a pressure
>>wash.

>

> But not together.... some paint strippers are flammable....

ROFL - there's an image...

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Dave Liquorice

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Jun 6, 2004, 4:27:33 PM6/6/04

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On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 14:16:50 GMT, Fiona Reid wrote:

> Any suggestions for removing red door step paint? We've tried paint
> stripper + wire brush and a power sander so far but there is still a
> large amount of paint stuck to the door step.

C4 is quite good, oh you wanted to keep the house as well...

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Paul Mc Cann

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Jun 7, 2004, 12:59:15 PM6/7/04

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In article <2ih5qfF...@uni-berlin.de>, gru...@ixxa.com says...

> Fiona Reid wrote:
> > Any suggestions for removing red door step paint?
> > We've tried paint stripper + wire brush and a power
> > sander so far but there is still a large amount of
> > paint stuck to the door step.
>
> What's the door step made of? Concrete? Wood? Something else?
>

I've never seen a wooden door step. They are generally concrete or of
local stone (Slate, granite or whatever)

I presume the red paint is a product called 'Cardinal Red' which was
very popular many years ago when people took pride in their door steps.
ISTR SWMBO using this once, recently, for tiles in the conservatory. I
always thought it was more of a coloured polish than a paint.

Perhaps a study of the list of contents would help.

Paul Mc Cann