Changed my tune on using a heat gun for old paint after a near-disaster in my Riverdale bungalow

I was stripping a door frame and the concentrated heat from my $40 Wagner gun actually scorched the wood underneath the lead paint, forcing me to replace a whole section of trim and learn that chemical stripper, while slower, is the safer bet for our century-old homes here.

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holly_craig1d ago

Watched my neighbor try to heat-gun his porch railing and the old, dry wood just started smoldering. He had to dump a bucket of water on it, which warped everything. Sometimes the old ways are slow for a good reason.

abby8361d ago

Oh man, my buddy tried that on a door and it caught fire!