Has anyone tried X Tex artex remover?

pbp_2

Right
After reading this thread I felt i needed to comment. X-Tex is a brill product and works a treat up against Steaming and solvent based removers. Solvents can cause cancer and steaming will remove the artex, but it can seriuosly burn your skin, but more importantly when the artex dries after being wet, it then becomes a major hazard if it does contain asbestos fibres.

X-Tex encapsulates the asbestos fibres and stop them from getting airbourne thus being far safer and is also used by the licensed asbestos removal indrusty to remove this awfull coating.

Okay lets be honest - Yes it is messy, but what product that is designed to soften and remove paint isnt! Someone commented that you have to cover the carpets and flooring. Well im sorry but anyone missing the common sense gene shouldnt get involved with DIY.

An easier option is to plaster over the artex to give you a nice easy smooth surface which by the way cost's a bomb, but covering the problem isnt going to get rid of it, and you will still have asbestos in your home!

X-Tex - best product on the market.

mcrobiej

pbp - Are you related in any way to X-Tex - your posting sounded more like an advertisement for the product, rather than real world experience.

I think, for me it will be getting in a good plasterer to skim the ceiling.

pbp_2

Hi
lol no I am not related to the product, but have spent years removing finishes from all sorts of things and did do it as a living a long time ago.

I also did some consultancy work for the asbestos removal industry, so thats where my knowledge comes form about asbestos and artex.....

I have removed many a relations room and my own of the dreaded stuff and would only use X-Tex.

It is all good and well to just skim over the artex, but if it does contain asbestos it will only cause more problems later on if legislation comes in to make sure all houses are rid of asbestos in textured coatings....

daneaston

RyansMummy wrote: »

Oh, I forgot to add that you should get it checked for definate if it does or doesn't contain asbestos. You should be able to get it done via the Council. You cannot use x tex if there is asbestos in your artex.

From what I've read, you CAN use it to remove asbestos-based Artex. Asbestos only poses a risk when it can be inhaled - the X-Tex means that's not possible.

laurel7172

Silly question (maybe). In a modern-ish house where the builder Artexed all the ceilings (because it's quicker to a sellable finish?), if you did dissolve the Artex, what would be underneath? Plasterboard? I'm finding it hard to imagine a lovely smooth plastered ceiling being revealed.

ormus

you dont need any product. esp spam.
just use hot water.

Streethawk_2

laurel7172 wrote: »

Silly question (maybe). In a modern-ish house where the builder Artexed all the ceilings (because it's quicker to a sellable finish?), if you did dissolve the Artex, what would be underneath? Plasterboard? I'm finding it hard to imagine a lovely smooth plastered ceiling being revealed.

Important to consider what year the house was built and what year the legislation made it illegal to produce decorating products containing asbestos. Google it!

If they aren't at least 5 years apart, I'd not take any risks with the stuff.

Malcolm McClaren...

SailorSam

Another vote for a steamer, i used an old screwdriver or chisel to scrape lines in the artex than used the steamer. Once the steam got behind it, the artex just fell off, make sure you wear heavy gloves and an old hat.