[MassHistPres] paint removal & staining

[Dennis De Witt]

I will second that.  It seems like almost every time you read about  
an historic building burning someone was using a torch for paint  
removal or soldering.  There were two cases in Chicago in the last  
few months -- one a Sullivan building.  We once watched the medieval  
trusswork supporting the lead roof burn off of the cathedral in  
Mechlen Belgium -- someone had been repairing the lead roof.   
Fortunately the stone vaults held and kept the burning timbers from  
falling into the nave.

Dennis De Witt


On Feb 19, 2007, at 12:47 PM, <jworden at swwalaw.com>  
<jworden at swwalaw.com> wrote:

> 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.
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> 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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