silent paint remover

monkey_writer

http://www.silentpaintremover.com/spr/index.htm

Has anyone had any experience of one of these things? Looks pretty good - it heats up the paint lightly with infrared. It's supposed to be gentle and enviro friendly.

Does anyone know where you can get hold of them in the UK?


THEIR BLURB:

The Silent Paint Remover™ Method. By using The Silent Paint Remover system, you are choosing an environmentally friendly way of stripping and disposing of paint. Infrared Heat technology only heats the paint to the point when it can be easily scraped off. Low operating temperature prevents hazardous plumbic gases that might otherwise be released using other heat or hazardous chemical methods. You are left with a dry and easily disposable substance.

Dries out moisture. Infrared heat opens the grain of the wood much more effectively than any other paint removal method without damaging the wood. Moisture is drawn out of the wood as well as the paint resin, creating a porous substrate and a tooth for the primer to grip on to and leaving the surface immediately ready for painting. The natural resins are forced out to the surface of the wood, increasing resistance to moisture and helping prevent the new layer of paint from drying out. Mildew and fungal threats are eliminated. This extends the life of the paint layer

Proven Technology. The Silent Paint Remover™ system has become a well-known and accepted method within the paint industry in various countries around the world. The method is gentle on wood. It is now widely accepted in North America. More than 8,000 Silent Paint Removers have been sold in the United States to homeowners, contractors, museum restoration groups, national park services, and others. The Silent Paint Remover™ is recommended by the National Heritage Board of Sweden, Finland and Norway.

No sanding required. Infrared heat quickly and silently loosens most types of paint and varnish without creating dust. If you utilize our hands-free attachment, you can heat while you scrape. Power sanding is not necessary. If you absolutely need the surface to be smoother after scraping the surfaces, light hand-sanding is an option.

Paint Immediately. A great advantage is that you can prime right after the paint or varnish is removed. Heat an area for approximately 30 seconds, scrape the paint off with a sharp pull scraper and you are ready to paint.

The only tool that softens paint and putty at the same time. The Silent Paint Remover™ is very effective in the renovation of windows. We offer a great hand tool for removing glazing - a chisel with a roller attached. After you have heated the paint and the glazing. You scrape the paint off first. The glazing will retain heat longer. At this stage you can easily see the line of window glazing. Adjust the setting to allow the chisel roller to ride at a level where it does not touch the glazing pins. This makes it very effective. A sash can be finished quickly.

Radiation and fire-safe. The Silent Paint Remover™ only emits as much radiation as is produced by the embers of an open fire. Operating temperature is normally just 400 - 500 degrees. The surface is only heated to approximately 300 degree's. Only the exposed surface becomes warm, in contrast to the 1100 degrees produced by a hot air gun which can start fires. The exact frequency generated by the IR tubes has been meticulously calibrated to penetrate wood surfaces.

monkey_writer

dare I bump? Hasn't anyone heard of this thing?

roswell

nope sorry havent but working on the same theory a infer red sun lamp should do the same trick to softern the paint then just remove with a scraper same as you would with a heat gun

char9

If it helps, I came across this review of what I think is a similar product (think it's American or something) when I was looking for miraculous ways to remove the huge amounts of old paint, layers of textured wallpaper etc, etc from my new place...

http://www.houseinprogress.net/archives/000108.html

weekendwarrior

Seems a little expensive to me!

Wig

I don't think much of the OP item. I'd go for a sander and repaint.

What are you trying to do ? why remove paint?

Just use a normal heat gun, the environmental difference is nothing to be concerned about. The paint will still go into landfill or be burned anyway.

monkey_writer

well, I have old victorian doors that have been kicked about and painted and repainted until they are clogged. I want to strip them down and fix them up then repaint. I want to do it in the least damaging way possible so as to preserve them.

SKIPPY

I can remember seeing something advertised on the sky shopping channels a while back. It's enviromentally friendly - you just paint it on and it then dries and turns green - you then just peel it off. Sorry but I can't remember what its called. You can also get water soluable nitromors now too. Time consuming I know but with some fine grade wire wool you can do a good job.

chookchook

I think you mean a product called "Ready Strip", skippy. You can get it from QVC but it is pricey although from what I have heard it does work well.

I'm also at the stage where I have so much old paint on my 100 year old doors and ballustrades that the time has come to remove it and start again. I have a good old fashioned blow torch and a sander, but I have so much to do that I'm considering all the alternatives before I start anything.

Wig

I don't think I'd trust the marketing spiel of that green stuff on sky if it was any good it'd be in the shops for a start.

I'd be tempted to buy an angle grinder if you don't already hane one (under 20 quid) then use something like this

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Abrasives/WireAbrasives/d130/sd1920

poly abrasive disc second item on the list, finish off with your normal sander, and use paint stripper afterwardfs for the parts which other beers can't reach.

roswell

Im tempted to look round my local car bootie for a heat lamp and give that a go the theory is exactly the same but i would expect that it would work better than a heat gun beacuse the heat wont be so localised or cause warping as you can heat a large area at the same rate.