House in Progress Diary

So, are you going to paint the wood or refinish it?

Hi Gary! Long time no see!

Crazily enough, the SPR is taking off the paint and the shellac BUT NOT the stain! (How cool is that?)

I'm hoping to save the original stain and re-shellac it. Because the stain is so beautiful and matches all of the doors and other woodwork in the house. Sadly, most of that woodwork is painted. So I have my work cut out for me. On the brighter side, Craftsman trim is nice and FLAT with butt joints instead of miters. So that makes things MUCH easier.

I envy you - the Silent Paint Remover looks sweet, but carries a pretty hefty pricetag. Though, at $30/bucket for Peel Away, I'm sure it's the cheaper solution. All of our woodwork is painted (of course...) and I'd love to get it all stripped some day. Definitely a "little by little" type project though.

I also envy the sunlight you're enjoying in that photo - we're in upstate NY, so we won't see the sun for another 4 months or so!

Hi Mindy.

We picked up an SPR when it was less well known...the price was lower then. Still high, but less $$$ than paste or other strippers for the entire inside and outside of the house, as well as the entire garage. After we priced that out, the SPR seemed downright afforable! And a whole lot less messy.

I heard it works better on multiple paint layers than on one. I guess maybe with one layer there's more potential for scorching the wood or something.

Any thoughts?

Also, I didn't realize the butt-joint/no mitreing thing was a Craftsman trait. Hmmm ... our house has that, too.