Nitromors... help!

JennyB

Am I doing something wrong or does Nitromors really not do what it says on the tin? I've bought some to strip all the woodwork in my hall, stairs and landing - 6 door frames, staircase, banister etc. It's all covered in some hideous purple paint together with numerous other layers underneath :eek: I've followed the instructions exactly and it's only taking off about one and half layers of paint - at this rate the job's going to take me months! On the tin it claims to take off 'up to 15 layers' :mad: Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I might be doing wrong or some alternative method to get all of this paint off? It's taken me all of last night and this morning so far to strip the paint off half a door frame :eek:

Patr100

It's does work but not 15 layers at a time unless they're very thin . It can still take quite a time to remove stuff. Paint stripping can be a messy pain whatever you use - An alternative is to use a heat gun very gently so you don't scorch the wood but before you must make sure that all the paint stripper has been washed off as it's inflammable!-

nickj_2

if you are using nitromors inside make sure you have plenty of windows open

Lord_Gardener

Yes, we always use a heat gun followed by paint stripper for those final difficult parts!

John_3:16

If there is any water baised paint on a coat I am not sure how good it is at removing this?

Kup

Try scoring the paint first with a sharp stanley knife. That way the stripper gets deep down into the layers and takes it out from the foundation. You'll also find that if you do a grid like scoring pattern then the harder top layers of paint will fall off.

misgrace

Nitomores does do the job, but it will take longer the more coats of paint you have to take off.

Try and buy a heat gun, they are really very good, you can pick one up for about £20, it will pay for itself, nitromores is so expensive, and you have to keep applying it.

use the heatgun, but not near a window as can crack the window, for the hard to reach bit, get an old tooth brush or wire wool and dab in the nitromores and you can get at those little awkward places.

Patr100

Keep the heat gun moving to prevent scoring or burning the wood - also get a combination shavehook to scrape the paint off.

NitroM should work on water or oil based paint but is best used on the really awkward areas you can't use the gun on or once the bulk has been removed.

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JennyB

Thanks very much everyone. I think I'm going to pick up a heat gun and use that as much as possible. I've already used virtually a whole tin of nitromors on just one door frame! God it's a hell of a job.

misgrace

< Keep the heat gun moving to prevent scoring or burning the wood - also get a combination shavehook to scrape the paint off.>


I forgot to mention that, they are fantastic for getting into curved areas, if you use one of them, and an ordinary scraper blade/knife, you shouldnt have any problems, it takes a little while to get in the swing of it, but you will soon get the paint off.

stripping paper and paint is my favourite bit of decorating, mad I know lol

mandymack

In my experience no Nitromors is not as effective as it claims, Wickes do their own brand of paint stripper which is a lot cheaper than Nitromors and I find it just as good. As other poster has advised shavehook is very useful also make sure the tool you are using for stripping the paint off is sharp

Mandy