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Tips wanted on stripping metal gates & repainting

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  • wobbley
    wobbley Posts: 1,965 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    I do a lot of this type of work. I find a 4 1/2 angle grinder with a wire brush attachment is the quickest and easiest method.
    Light blue touchpaper and stand well back !
  • nickj_2
    nickj_2 Posts: 7,052 Forumite
    tyr using a multi suface paint such as bedec , much easier to use then hammerite
  • raymond
    raymond Posts: 465 Forumite
    Nitromors paint stripper
  • Gates now stripped of old paint and painted with Hammerite matt black paint. Want to give them a finish of spray paint. Anyone know the best method of doing this? Thanks for all your advice so far.
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