Removing paint or other coatings from stonework
Unlike abrasive or mechanical systems, our products are well suited to removing paint from internal and external stonework. Only the paint is removed, not the surface of the stonework. The dissolved paint is simply washed from the pores of the surface, leaving it completely free of paint, so the surface is left intact. Our paint-removers are used on all sorts of stonework, from columns to quoins, from staircases to fireplaces, from vaults to windows, in everything from limestone to marble, slate to sandstone.
Which Product?
- For oil-based paints: Kling Strip
- For masonry paints: Solvistrip
- For emulsion paints: Solvistrip
Tips
With coarse stonework, it is more difficult to wash off the dissolved paint with a scrubbing brush – the bristles skate over the pores of the surface. A pump-up garden sprayer often gives enough of a jet to help when doing the job by hand. A pressure washer will, of course, give rapid results where it is possible to use one. Where it is not, our Vacwash attachment can often make it possible.
Marble fireplaces are most rewarding items to remove paint from. The dense, smooth nature of the surface makes them particularly easy to strip provided, as always, that you use the right product for the paint you are trying to remove! They are usually coated with oil-based paint, so Kling Strip is usually the product to use. Washing off the dissolved paint residues usually requires little more than a wipe with the sponge! The above applies equally to slate fireplaces. Cast iron ones come up well too.
