Remove Paint from Wood, with a Cobra Speedheater
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- Опубликовано: 13 окт 2024
- Removing paint from wood furniture, windows, doors and trim can be very difficult and take forever. For the last two years our shop at Old Home Rescue has used the Cobra Speedheater to remove paint and restore hundreds of windows. This is the perfect tool for anyone restoring an old historic house, restoring wod windows or restoring antique furniture. This tool is so easy to use and can give a DIY a professional result. This inferred can make take on most types of paint in a safe and easy way.
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About Old Home Rescue:
This Old Home Rescue is Oklahoma City based restoration company founded in 2015. Old Home Rescue founder Ty McBride was featured in the HGTV pilot Restore and Revive. Old Home Rescue is the creator of the award winning Accoya sash. We renovate and restore historic homes in oklahoma and share our story, tips and experience here on RUclips.
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It took me 3 hours of watching youtube videos before I found this, finally someone who knows what they are doing and addresses the lead paint issues. Thank you
Thank you!
Watch the Cobra Speedheater company video- the paint comes off like butter!
Thank you for creating this great informative video. I use the Cobra speed heater for about a year by now.Dealing with 80 years paints, several layers of it.
This system not cheap, but you get the best of it as far as I can tell. It work like charm. Able to remove all the paint to the original wood.
That’s great to hear!
Thanks for such straight forward and easy to understand videos. Wonderful to see such respect for the long craftsmanship in older homes! Our story.... Live in 128yo family home in Deep South (I grew up here; returned as older adult, so my kids - now all gone - were generation #5 to live here). Originally Victorian, but many changes and multi additions in its lifetime as it housed multi generations. (Unfortunately that includes the loss of the porch which has led to other issues...BUT we found 90 or so original balusters in an old barn!!!! That's another project. ANYWAY, there are more coats of paint in original part of house than changes - including confirmed lead paint! Original narrow staircase replaced & widened, and and foyer widened after a fire in the 40s from what I have been told. "New" in the 40s staircase has carved details on the newel posts, flat wide balusters, and stringer (excuse me if I am using incorrect terms!) and they are all but "lost" with many coats of paint! Still seeking the safest and best method - knowing any method will be tedious especially now that I am older - of removing so much paint to reveal the original beauty of this staircase. Knowing those few details, based on your experience of removing more old paint than I can imagine: 1a) would you recommend the Cobra Speedheater for such a project? IF SO, 1b) would you consider (sorry if already there and I overlooked it) doing a video on working with the Cobra on a more detailed surface even if on an exterior project? IF NOT 1c) Have you ever used something like Dumond's Peel Away for projects and if so, what have been your experiences with it?
Thank you so much for for sharing! I would recommend the COBRA for detailed scraping. I would recommend using a profile scraper for those areas. I will defiantly add that to the video wish list. I have not used Peel Away yet. However I will be testing it on a brick soon because the speed heater does not work on brick or stone. I will be posting that video soon.
@@OldHomeRescue Thank you so much for your input! Now to save up for the Cobra...I've sub'ed and will be looking forward to future videos. ...and excuse my typos and poor composition in my original post...I need to reread them better 🤦🏽♀️.
Super video, probably the best I've watched so far. Thanks for the info! Can you tell me more about using linseed oil? I have about 900 sq foot of bead board paneling and 13 + doors to do. You just barely mentioned it at the start of the video. Why and IS it necessary? Thanks again.
This is great, loved the tips. I bought a speed heater a few months ago and hated it at first. Turns out it was paint over shellac and the shellac just gummed up. Now I know why. It has worked great on some other things I’ve tried it on though.
That is great to hear! They have a great blog for more info. eco-strip.com/blog/
I bought one of these Cobras a few months ago as well and hated it. I regret buying it because it burns and ruins the wood. I still prefer my heat gun set on low.
Excellent video! What if you didn’t want to repainted but refinish the wood? Is the speed heater good for this?
I’m removing the paint and shellacking mine. What I do is use the speedheater to remove as much paint as I can, then hit the sashes with sanding paper starting at 80 grit - 180/220 grit depending. It definitely takes more time than just repainting, but it’s still pretty fast once you get in a rhythm.
Removing 100% of the old paint can be done, but is sometimes difficult to get ALL of it.
If you do, make sure you have the profile scraper from EcoStrip on our website or something similar and you can finish it with a tung oil from Sutherland Welles.
Also, it’s good to note that some windows weren’t meant to be stained. Often living room and dining room windows were a stain grade wood while other areas of the house were painted from the start.
Great, thank you. Please say more about the linseed oil?
What would you like to know?
It's difficult for me to understand how the paint dust and small chips (that contain lead) are still not hazardous? I just got the SpeedHeater today and started working on some doors and will moving to the windows of our 114-year old home soon, but I can see both fine dust particles as well as fumes coming up from the bubbling paint when I use this. I'll probably be buying a P-100 mask for good measure.
Thanks for this! I just subscribed.
Thank you for subscribing!
Hey there. In a similar situation with our older home and considering this method for some lead paint on doors jambs and window sills. I am very worried about lead dust. How did things turn out for you?
I have some trim that I’m looking to strip. Someone painted directly over the stained wood. Think it would work to remove the paint even though you said it does not work on stain?
We’ve seen this work well on trim that’s been painted!
I need to remove many layers of paint (no doubt, all pre-1978) from a heavy duty metal steam pipe. Any information or suggestions about the use of the Cobra on such job?
If this is an interior pipe with an occupied home, the Cobra or PeelAway would be the best application. If it was exterior, dry ice blasting works well for paint removal on metal surfaces (currently being tested by the National Park Service).
Do you think this would work better than a steam cabinet for restoring a home's worth of windows? Just thinking about the price of the unit. Thanks!
It is a great option because it is versatile. When you windows are complete use it for a door, molding or found furniture!
What kind of tape are you using on the paper? I have not found this type of paper-backed tape on Amazon.
HVAC, Foil Tape or Vent Sealing Tape
It seems like it's not working that much.. I need the lead paint gone..
done w/ this guy when he chose a curved scraper to scrape a straight plank. Yeah, he changed it out, but really?
Most expensive way I've seen. I have old sash windows and been doing a lot so far. Just take a heat gun and push the paint with a scrapper tool on a 45 or 35 degree angle. U end up with a larger swab of paint removed too. Saving u time and money. Than sand it down and Boom
Great job on saving your old windows! A heat gun is a good tool and a money saver. However, it can have some draw backs. First, it blows heat therefore it can heat areas not intended, the are notorious for starting fires. Second, they get extremely hot and vaporize lead paint making it extremely dangerous. As a contractor and employee I have a responsibility to find the safest and most efficient way to get the job done. In my humble opinion the SPEEDHEATER is that!
Great info, but I cant stand RUclipsrs that think they have to scream the whole time
Appreciate the feedback, I'll watch my volume.
Why is this guy yelling at us??
@@eponymousIme Thanks for watching! We’re incredibly passionate about preservation.
Why do almost all men scream into the camera?! So annoying.
We are just REALLY excited about window restoration!