Preparing door frames for painting - stripping paint?

alexjamesbrown

I'm in the middle of stripping paint off of two doorframes
I have used a combination of heatgun, then nitromors in the creases of the arcitrave to remove some of the last bits
it's taking forever. There were many layers of paint

try as I might, there are still some very slight patches of paint here and there
short of going over it with a magnifying glass and a paintbrush with nitromrors, there isn't a lot I can do

my question is, if I sand down everywhere, re-caulk the joins etc... Will my finish be good? Or should I really try to clear off everything?

I have other door frames to do, but I am just going to sand those down

thanks for any advice

ormus

you only need to clean them off perfectly if you are going to say stain them with a natural wood color.
if you are repainting say white, then a quick sanding down after burning off, is enough.

i never use chemical strippers indoors. too messy and dangerous. but i love using the heat gun.

ps
my staircase took me over a week.

latecomer

what ormus said

Heat gun and nitromors baby

misgrace

To get into the tricky bits, use an old toothbrush, or wire wool dip it in the nitromores, that will get the last tricky bits off, wear rubber gloves though.

latecomer

I would recommend getting one of these:

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/94915/Decorating-Sundries/Decorators-Knives/T-Class-Definition-Soft-Grip-Shave-Hook#

Very handy and you can usually find one edge/corner of it to fit most uses