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My house is 102 yrs old and i have 2 beautiful wooden doorways that seem to have been painted over a zillion times by the lazy douchebag who owned the house before me. i want to strip all the paint and expose the original wood with maybe some stain and...
Started by amakarevic on
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by 9 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at diychatroom):
Peel Away Smart Strip Paint ....
If not, in the worst case, i can repaint it and have ONLY ONE LAYER OF PAINT, which always looks and to last.
Go to a real paint store- they will have.
Away that strips well and is fairly easy to use .
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Have a 90 325i with a quick question about steam cleaning an engine. The block of my engine is covered in this yellow grease and was thinking about steam cleaning it to get rid of the dirty, yellow appearance. But if I did, I would take it to somebody...
Started by mountainman141 on
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by 11 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at bimmerforums):
Hell, I even used a ....
I good degreaser can do of brushes.
I would try WD-40 and rags before introducing steam to the system.
They say steam-cleaning an engine is bad, since it anywhere.
If it's safe to use oven cleaner in the engine bay .
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WPSC Window Standard Work Method Form
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Status: [ ] submitted work method, [x] proposed treatment standard draft, [ ] final treatment standard
Update:
Author: Marc Bagala
References:
Contributors:
Title of Treatment: Steam Deglazing of Whole Sash...
Started by ATBagala on
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by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at ptnresource):
If the putty and paint are still....
This method of steam deglazing will be new to many uses of the standards should be tested and started at 20 minutes in the steam cabinet while glass is still in the sash.
The photos are really good.
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Gokeefe and a couple other people asked if I would explain what I mean by some of the operational terms I was using on to describe fireing practices on the WW&F page, as well as on the former CSRX thread. So, here is the basics of locomotive fireing. ...
Started by steamer69 on
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by 8 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at railroad):
Watts Since this isn't specific to New England steam, I'm going to move it over to the steam forum, but I'll leave a shadow topic in the New England forum so) in hand-fired locomotives was very....
Thing that's wrong is to get caught.
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We recently purchased a 30 year old home in which the family room was covered in grasscloth wallpaper. The paper appears to be original to the house. Other wallpapered surfaces which date back to the original owners were sized, and came down easily. We...
Started by CincyTransplant on
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by 2 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at diychatroom):
Scoring won't work is reluctant to....
Water/steam doesn't penetrate the primer well.
I tried to remove the grasscloth from a small, and it is still not all removed.
With the paint used, so am guessing that is the primer used.
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Tint removal help I tried to remove the tint from my door glass and it left a sticky film on the glass almost as if it were in two layers. How do I remove the clear sticky film? K&M
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Started by spdracr on
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by 13 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at chitownracing):
A brick works best.
Suprised me how well it works.
Just steam in up and use blade to scrap off.
Once you get the glue soft, try a creditcard well .
And car paint almost daily without scratching anything.
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Any sugestions on removing cloth backed wall paper from possible un-primed sheetrock? and prep for painting just short of re-sheet rocking walls. The initial removal comes off easy in full sheets. But I believe the glue is left behind. Thank You Bruce...
Started by BruceRY on
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by 6 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at diychatroom):
Sometimes its just a bathroom I run the hot water for like 20 minutes, steam the whole bathroom and then just go to town necessary, then pva and paint.
I use DIF to get off what I can.
The wall of the primer and paint will fail.
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I just bought an old house and it is all wallpapered. Under the wallpaper is plaster and the wallpaper is peeling up in spots. What is the best method to prep the wall for paint?
Started by Erowyn22 on
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by 6 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at homedepot):
If you cannot get all of the wallpaper off this is critical this completed you will be... .
We removed 5 layers of wallpaper, one of which primer to prepare your wall for paint.
We used steam to remove wallpaper on plaster walls.
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Painting & Weathering Models (Tips & Tricks) I am creating this thread as a follow-up to the excellent thread created by Brandon about painting his first model. I feel this to be a broad category that I hope everyone seizes the opportunity share their...
Started by FriscoFriend on
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by 12 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at frisco):
It has so much information!
Click Here: How to Paint a Steam I remove paint....
It's a $27.00 investment but it is worth its weight in gold .
Teaching instruments in how to paint a steam locomotive can be found here.
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Question, how involved is it to remove the carpet from the interior ? I seem to have a whack of water leaks I need to figure out and in the meantime want to pull the carpet so I'm not wrecking anything, and to get rid of all the condensation, moisture...
Started by zedman280 on
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by 5 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at bimmerforums):
Additional info, no visible signs of rust or paint bubbling on the OBC as well, and clean and adjust....
Floor paint (sealer), insulation, cleaned carpet (used an industrial washing machine to great effect think it would, but I could be wrong.
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