removing gloss from lloyd loom chair

virgin_moneysaver

inherited chair from relative & I need to remove the gloss paint from it - on the skirting boards & architraves in the room I'm decorating I've removed all the old paint from the last 60 years with a blow torch, so its now bare & I can satrt from scratch but I'm a bit loathe to use this on the chair - any ideas?

dander

I don't have an answer, but I would have thought you're going to have trouble getting it off because lloyd loom is made from wire covered in paper, so I would have thought a blow torch would burn the paper and a paint remover such as nitromors may well melt the paper away.

Is the weave clogged up with paint? If not, I think you'd be best just painting over the top, rather than trying to remove what's there.

aycor

I dont know what it is called but there is a product you can get to remove paint from fiddle ceiling moldings which you paint on and cover with cling film and leave for several hours and old paint lifts off in lumps. saw it on a a diy programme, some one else here might know its name and if it works.

Yorkshire_Bred

aycor wrote: »

I dont know what it is called but there is a product you can get to remove paint from fiddle ceiling moldings which you paint on and cover with cling film and leave for several hours and old paint lifts off in lumps. saw it on a a diy programme, some one else here might know its name and if it works.

It's called Peelaway, is very good but I would try a small test patch before using.

virgin_moneysaver

I thought as much re the construction of the chair as its not hard wood like the skirting which is why I was loathe to try it on the chair - I also thought the paint strippers maybe too harsh - & yes, the weave is clogged with paint - I had some other lloyd loom that hadn't been touched but was an awful colour & I painted it with eggshell which has come out quite well - but when I was chatting to the upholsterer when I took the seat & ottoman top to be covered he said in the trade they found emulsion to be the best coverage