I have been slowly restoring my century home in Orillia a room at a time. Over the years before we purchased it the house received a number of good upgrades (modern electrical with a breaker panel and copper and plastic plumbing and updated insulation) and a number of bad (seven layers of floor in the kitchen and bathrooms).
These I can deal with, it's a 100 year old home but the one thing that drives me absolutely crazy is every "painter" painted the door hardware and wall grates. Every door has beautiful ornate brass hinges and door mortices covered completely painted over or sloppily splattered with brush marks.
Why can't people take the time to either remove the hardware or at least mask it first ??? I mean it only takes a few extra minutes and the results are worth it.
I struggled for years to get a solution to figure out how to remove the paint but with most of them covered with a number of paint coats and with a mix between acrylic and oil (and most likely lead based) paints - standard chemical strippers didn't work - ginormous mess and way too much work. I took a sample to a sand blasting outfit, the cost would be super expensive and I would have to take every piece of hardware at once plus the downside all the pieces would look brand new and the patina would be stripped away.
For those who are interested I did find a solution that works and quick, easy and cheap to do.
Step One: get a old slow cooker (your better half may disapprove of you doing this in the good one they use for cooking)
Step Two: add your hardware and fill with water and add two tablespoon of LIQUID washing detergent
Step Three: Cook for 4-6 hours on high
Step Four: Remove hardware and scrub while hot with a old toothbrush or stiff bristle brush - the paint will peel right off with minimal effort. If the hardware cools the paint will reharden so repeat steps one to three
So far I have done five doors worth of hardware and the results are amazing - the paint is gone and the brass kept it's character and patina.
These I can deal with, it's a 100 year old home but the one thing that drives me absolutely crazy is every "painter" painted the door hardware and wall grates. Every door has beautiful ornate brass hinges and door mortices covered completely painted over or sloppily splattered with brush marks.
Why can't people take the time to either remove the hardware or at least mask it first ??? I mean it only takes a few extra minutes and the results are worth it.
I struggled for years to get a solution to figure out how to remove the paint but with most of them covered with a number of paint coats and with a mix between acrylic and oil (and most likely lead based) paints - standard chemical strippers didn't work - ginormous mess and way too much work. I took a sample to a sand blasting outfit, the cost would be super expensive and I would have to take every piece of hardware at once plus the downside all the pieces would look brand new and the patina would be stripped away.
For those who are interested I did find a solution that works and quick, easy and cheap to do.
Step One: get a old slow cooker (your better half may disapprove of you doing this in the good one they use for cooking)
Step Two: add your hardware and fill with water and add two tablespoon of LIQUID washing detergent
Step Three: Cook for 4-6 hours on high
Step Four: Remove hardware and scrub while hot with a old toothbrush or stiff bristle brush - the paint will peel right off with minimal effort. If the hardware cools the paint will reharden so repeat steps one to three
So far I have done five doors worth of hardware and the results are amazing - the paint is gone and the brass kept it's character and patina.
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