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mitchie123
Mar 18, 2009, 07:06 PM
Hello please help losing my cool who would paint inside brick thank god only 10ftby12 foot
Wall tried every thing even peelaway brand paint remover won't come off whole house is exposed brick thank god only have one wall to do someone out there help need
Expert veiw maybe I should justpay someone thanks mitchell please help

Stratmando
Mar 18, 2009, 07:13 PM
If a pressure washer won't do, maybe sandblasting, may have a nice effect.

21boat
Mar 18, 2009, 08:38 PM
Is this an inside wall. A little fuzzy hear.

One of the best ways to clean paint off a wall is a STEAM pressure washer. The rental store may have it.

Its not a reg pressure washer.

We use a spray stripper and steam off the paint. We do Sand bag for the stripper part. Steam is very aggressive and yet it won't tear up the brick.

Sand blasting is a BIG NO NO. It has Sicla in the sand and very dangerous for health/cancer

When I sand blast so to speak I use a product called 'Black Beauty" Its totally inert. The bag ha 0 fire hazard 0 reactively hazard 0 specific hazard and 0 heath hazard.

I get it from a trucking business that paints tractor trailers. 100lb bags. Comes on '0" "00" "000" etc. Its slag and cuts like butter and slag has sharp edges to do so.

A small version is a sandblasting kit from Campbell hausfeld for touch ups. Amazon.com: Campbell Hausfeld AT1251 30-Pound Capacity Sandblaster: Home Improvement (http://www.amazon.com/Campbell-Hausfeld-30-Pound-Capacity-Sandblaster/dp/B0000DD1C4/ref=pd_cp_hi_1?pf_rd_p=413863601&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B0007D30DO&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0XMJP6J3P7AXNZNM0SXJ)

Normally I use 100lb blasting pots with tow behind compressors.

Black Beauty Slag Blasting Abrasive | Blasting Media | Northern Tool + Equipment (http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200136674_200136674)

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KISS
Mar 18, 2009, 09:07 PM
Walnet shells as a blasting media shouldn't harm the surface much.

Pressure washing is the place to start.