[MassHistPres] paint removal & staining

[jworden at swwalaw.com]

I can't comment on shaving vs. sanding, but urge very strongly that you don't use heat guns to remove the accumlated paint.  That was done in 1975 on our Unitarian Meeting House (1856) and it caught fire & burned down.

As far as staining is concerned, my son has a 19th c. barn which he stains; he says it has to be re-done every few years as the stain just fades away - but it's easier to do than paint.  Of course, the paints available nowadays do not last as well as the old lead paints did.

J. Worden
Arlington HDC

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As a member of a congregation as well as a co-chair of our towns HC, I have a question for which I do not have an answer.

The church building (National Register, circa 1789) is in desperate need of a painting.  We've gotten a quote for paint shaving - mechanical removal of the lead paint, down to the bare wood.  Since the building has many layers of paint on it, which have peeled, cracked, etc. it seems this would be a good thing to do - and in addition, would remove all the lead.

A question was raised on putting stain rather than paint on the surface, as stain supposedly will last longer, have no need to be scraped, etc.

So two questions  - anyone with experience (good or bad) with shaving vs traditional scraping and washing as surface prep; and the potential advantages of stain vs paint.

Dan Bibel
Medfield HC


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