Comments on: A Power Tool For Removing House Paint

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:41:49 +0000

This tool works great. I bought one to scratch up my walls for knockdown and it has performed way beyond my expectations. For that and it works great stripping pain off of doors and frames. With some care you can get to the bare wood without damaging the wood. Also I am seeing if you allow the machine to do the work instead of putting downward force on the tool the disk last a very long time. I am still ueing the one that came with the machine. The first tool in awile that really works better than I expected.

By: Piett

Piett — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:20:39 +0000

I have use wheels like this on a angle grinder to clean up rust and paint from steel. I though it was much faster than either a grinding wheel or a flap disc since it is a bit more conformal.

They do not work well on edges and rough metal from cuts since that tears up the disc too easily.

By: Ken of Long Beach Ca.

Ken of Long Beach Ca. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:38:23 +0000

I purchased one of these about six months ago, I bought a extra wheel also. It works like a charm… When the wheel gets loaded up with paint you just tap it on concrete( I used a small piece of broken cinder block) I did about 100 sq.ft. of siding and ten 4′X4′ wood sash windows. The original wheel looks like new still, albeit slightly smaller in diameter. I have a old house with redwood lumber used here and there(window frames, casing) you have to watch out how much pressure you exert, it’s easy to take off too much and have to smooth out gouges caused by not paying attention. It’s also good to wear a dust mask and goggles, I don’t know if I needed them but I felt better wearing them with the old paint I was removing. Is this tool worth the money? Yes… Would I buy it again if the one I own breaks? YES… Would I recommend it to a friend? YES…

By: Leslie

Leslie — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 14:02:00 +0000

I’m inclined to think that this would gunk up or mess up the underlying wood, though I’d be very interested to hear from someone who has tried it. If you’re serious about stripping a large amount of paint or prepping a frame house for painting, best tools to consider are an infrared paint stripper (”Silent Paint Remover”) or if you’re stripping old paint off of clapboard, a “Paint Shaver” or one of its equivalents. I know many folks with the Silent Paint Remover who totall swear by it, and don’t know a single one who have regretted the investment.

By: Brau

Brau — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:48:30 +0000

I’m with RTF as the hard work is always getting into corners and crevices. This tool might work well on loose paint but I’ve found these kind of discs plug up under hard grinding. I stand by my heatgun as most efficient for full stripping purposes (on wood).

By: kdp

kdp — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:05:07 +0000

I used a similar looking wheel in a drill motor and it removed paint, but kicked up a lot of dust. This was on siding that was installed in the early 80s.

The rest of the house was sided in the early 50s and I’d rather not dust up a cloud of lead based paint, so I built an infrared paint remover for about $100. (http://www.oceanmanorhouse.com/paintremover.html) It and a few good sharp triangular pull scrapers are making short work of the rest of the job. Once the paint bubbes and starts to detach from the siding, the scraper brings it off in 2” wide ribbons. Amazing.

I’ve also bought a profiled scraper blade that helps on the milled portion of the siding (pattern #105).

Since the pieces are so large, it’s easy to collect the ones that didn’t land on the drop cloth.

Here’s a factory built unit that costs about four times what I paid for mine. The site has a lot of info on the ir process. (http://www.silentpaintremover.com/) (google cache http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:BcIahnpgERYJ:www.silentpaintremover.com/spr/benefits_infrared_heat.htm+http://www.silentpaintremover.com/spr/benefits_infrared_heat.htm&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=opera)

By: james b brauer 66

james b brauer 66 — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:45:56 +0000

I put a disk that looks of similar composition in my angle grinder and wore it to a nub in about 10 minutes. It cleaned up weld splatter and rust quite well, but just didn’t last long enough to justify the price. Wonder how many disks it would take to grind off a house.

By: RTF

RTF — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:09:03 +0000

I use an angle grinder with sanding discs and then run a random orbital sander behind for a nice smooth surface.

But, neither the Wagner or angle grinder will cut into corners.

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:03:19 +0000

The fastest way to remove house paint permanently is steel siding.

By: nrChris

nrChris — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:42:31 +0000

I added it to my amazon wishlist for future consideration–although our house badly needs paint, I am trying to divert my wife’s home improvement budget to less painful tasks. The pads thread onto an arbor, at least that is what the product manual seems to say, so it shouldn’t be too bad to chuck it into a drill although I’d rather use the pad on a sander simply due to ergonomics.