Ideas for removing paint from stone wall

danrv

stuart45 said:

Here's an example of another job raked out and then pointed. When first raked out the lady thought it looked really good and I'd finished. When it was pointed she didn't think it looked so good.

Great job. A different technique needed I presume than with regular brickwork.
Do you bulk fill the gaps and then wash off the surplus? 
My property has textured bricks and I have to be careful not to get mortar on them when repointing. 

stuart45

There's around 20 different styles of pointing. The proud one you mentioned sounds like raised ribbon, which was quite popular for stonework at one time, but is now generally considered a poor choice. 

stuart45

danrv said:

stuart45 said:

Here's an example of another job raked out and then pointed. When first raked out the lady thought it looked really good and I'd finished. When it was pointed she didn't think it looked so good.

Great job. A different technique needed I presume than with regular brickwork.
Do you bulk fill the gaps and then wash off the surplus? 
My property has textured bricks and I have to be careful not to get mortar on them when repointing. 

With this one the joints were filled with a lime mortar, and then when when green hard hit with a churn brush.

DougMLancs

Thanks for the tips everyone! We did wonder about making a feature of it but as people have pointed out, it’s ropey enough in places to annoy us. I’m going to give the pressure washer a go I think. It’s lime mortar mostly but I can see patched up areas elsewhere with cement mortar 🤦‍♂️

danrv

Depending if it's oil or water based paint, maybe steam clean or hot water might work. 
Something like the Doff system which heats mains water for spraying.